MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, shot and killed in his home in Brookline, Mass. | Fortune

"A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. He died at a local hospital on Tuesday, the Norfolk District Attorney's Office said in a statement. The prosecutor's office said no suspects had been taken into custody as of Tuesday afternoon, and that its investigation was ongoing."

"Loureiro, who joined MIT in 2016, was named last year to lead MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, where he aimed to advance clean energy technology and other research. The center, one of the school's largest labs, had more than 250 people working across seven buildings when he took the helm. Loureiro, who was married, grew up in Viseu, in central Portugal, and studied in Lisbon before earning a doctorate in London, according to MIT."

""He shone a bright light as a mentor, friend, teacher, colleague and leader, and was universally admired for his articulate, compassionate manner," Dennis Whyte, an engineering professor who previously led MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, told a campus publication. The president of MIT, Sally Kornbluth, said in a statement that Loureiro's death was a "shocking loss." The FBI on Tuesday said it knew of no connection between the crimes."

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his Brookline, Massachusetts, home and died at a local hospital the following day. Authorities launched a homicide investigation and said no suspects were in custody as of Tuesday afternoon. Loureiro joined MIT in 2016 and was named last year to lead MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, which employed over 250 people across seven buildings. He grew up in Viseu, Portugal, studied in Lisbon, earned a doctorate in London, and previously researched nuclear fusion in Lisbon. Colleagues described him as a mentor and leader, and the FBI said it knew of no connection to a separate shooting at Brown University.

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