Nuno Loureiro
Portuguese-American plasma physicist and director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, a leading theorist of magnetic reconnection and plasma turbulence. He was shot and killed at his home outside Boston in December 2025 at age 47; police reported no suspect or obvious motive. Named in 2025-26 media coverage of a cluster of dead and missing scientists, though authorities have not tied his murder to any of the other cases.
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named in coverage - MIT plasma director murdered Dec 2025NBC News / MIT News, 2025
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