MIT professor shot dead at Brookline home; homicide investigation underway

Murder detectives are investigating after a laboratory director and professor on the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise (MIT) was discovered shot to dying in his Brookline residence.

Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, was taken to a neighborhood hospital with obvious gunshot wounds Monday night after Brookline police obtained a report of a person shot in his residence, in accordance with an announcement from the Norfolk District Lawyer’s Workplace.

Loureiro was pronounced useless on Tuesday morning, the Public Prosecution Service confirmed.

MIT’s communications workplace stated Loureiro was a member of the MIT college within the Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics departments and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Middle.

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MIT professor Nuno Loureiro who was murdered in his residence on Tuesday, December 16. (MIT Information)

“Our deepest condolences exit to his household, college students, colleagues and all who’re grieving,” MIT spokesperson Kimberly Allen wrote in an announcement to Fox Information. “Focused outreach and conversations are happening inside our group to offer care and assist to those that knew Prof. Loureiro, and a message can be shared with our wider group.”

Officers stated the case is an “lively and ongoing” murder investigation led by the Massachusetts State Police.

MIT professor Nuno FG Loureiro and Rafael M. Grossi. (rafaelmgrossi through X)

MIT stated it won’t launch extra info “out of respect for the integrity of this ongoing investigation.” The suspect stays on the run.

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In line with Loureiro’s college web page, the professor studied physics on the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2000, and obtained a PhD in physics from Imperial School London, UK, in 2005.

MIT professor Nuno FG Loureiro and Rafael M. Grossi. (rafaelmgrossi through X)

He accomplished postdoctoral work on the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory from 2005 to 2007 and on the UKAEA Culham Middle for Fusion Vitality from 2007 to 2009.

Loureiro labored as a researcher on the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion at IST Lisbon earlier than becoming a member of MIT in 2016.

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Map of the place MIT professor was murdered in Brookline, Massachusetts. and the College. (Fox Information channel)

Loureiro’s earlier work included principle and computational modeling of nonlinear plasma dynamics, the place his group used analytical instruments and state-of-the-art simulations to review magnetic reconnection, turbulence and associated instabilities.

An MIT professor and laboratory director was pronounced useless after being shot in his Massachusetts residence, authorities stated. Murder detectives are investigating. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

He additionally pursued rising computational strategies for plasma analysis, together with machine studying and quantum computing.

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His awards embrace the American Bodily Society Thomas H. Stix Award for Excellent Early Profession Contributions to Plasma Physics Analysis in 2015, the Nationwide Science Basis Profession Award in 2017, the Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Instructing in MIT’s Faculty of Engineering in 2022, and the Presidential Early Profession Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2025.