Helen Porter | |
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| Born | Helen Kemp Archbold 10 November 1899 Farnham, Surrey, England |
| Died | 7 December 1987 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Bedford College, University of London and Imperial College London |
| Known for | Studies of polysaccharide metabolism in plants |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology, botany |
| Institutions | Imperial College London |
| Thesis | (1932) |
Helen Kemp Porter (née Archbold, later Huggett; 10 November 1899 – 7 December 1987) was a British botanist from Imperial College London. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the first female professor at Imperial College London. Her studies of polysaccharide metabolism in tobacco plants were groundbreaking; she was one of the first British scientists to use the innovative technologies of chromatography and radioactive tracers.