"The Norfolk District Attorney's Office said officers responding to a report of a shooting on Gibbs Street in Brookline on Monday found Nuno Loureiro with gunshot wounds. The 47-year-old academic was taken to a nearby hospital and died early Tuesday. The office said the case is being investigated as a homicide and hasn't released information on a motive or any suspects."
"Loureiro led MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and taught in the departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics. The center, one of the school's largest labs, had more than 250 people working across seven buildings when he took the helm. His research focused on the behavior of magnetized plasmas, including turbulence, magnetic reconnection and confinement, work that is central to advances in fusion energy, according to the university."
Nuno Loureiro, 47, was found with gunshot wounds at his home on Gibbs Street in Brookline and died at a nearby hospital the following day. Authorities are treating the death as a homicide and have not released a motive or identified suspects. Loureiro led MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and taught in the departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics. His research examined magnetized plasmas, including turbulence, magnetic reconnection and confinement, work central to fusion energy development. He held research appointments at major fusion labs and earned a doctorate at Imperial College London. He was married and grew up in Viseu, Portugal.
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