Freda Porter
Freda Porter | |
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| Born | October 14, 1957 Lumberton, NC |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Freda Porter-Locklear |
| Alma mater | Pembroke State University (BS, 1978)
North Carolina State University (MS, 1981) Duke University (PhD, 1991) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Porter Scientific, Inc. Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC |
| Thesis | A numerical study of propagation of singularities for semilinear hyperbolic systems |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Reed |
Freda Porter, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is an applied mathematician and environmental scientist known as one of the first Native American women to earn a PhD in the mathematical sciences. She is the president and CEO of Porter Scientific, Inc. and president of Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC.