His research focused on nuclear fusion and astrophysics
In Brookline, Massachusetts, Professor of Nuclear Physics Nuno Loureiro, who worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was shot dead. This was reported by Fontanka.RU, citing USA Today.
According to the police, 47-year-old Nuno F. G. Loureiro was found with gunshot wounds and later taken to the hospital, where he died this morning.
An obituary published on the MIT website states that Loureiro became part of the faculty in 2016.
The obituary emphasizes that his work contributed to a deep understanding of plasma behavior, including phenomena such as turbulence, and also helped explain the physics of astronomical events like solar flares.
Colleagues note that Loureiro successfully combined fundamental physics with engineering and technological aspects in his research on nuclear fusion and astrophysics, leading to significant results.
Nuno Loureiro was born in 1978 in Portugal. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the Higher Technical Institute (IST) in Portugal and completed his PhD in physics at Imperial College London in 2005. After that, he worked for two years at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and then joined the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy UKAEA in 2007. In 2009, he returned to IST, where he held a research position at the Institute of Plasma and Nuclear Fusion until his move to MIT.
At the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, Loureiro initially became an associate professor and then a full professor, where he taught courses such as "Introduction to Plasma Physics" and "MHD Theory of Fusion Systems," and was twice awarded the PAI Award for Outstanding Teaching Achievement.
The professor's research brought him numerous awards, including recognition from the National Science Foundation and the Thomas H. Stix Award from the American Physical Society for his contributions to plasma physics research early in his career.
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