Nuno F. G. Loureiro
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Theoretical plasma physicist; professor; director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Also recorded as
- Nuno Loureiro · Nuno F.G. Loureiro
- Born
- Not recorded
- Age
- 47 · as reported by MIT News (attributed), at the recorded event
- Died
- 16 December 2025 · known to the day
- Fields
- Not classified yet: categories await the owner’s taxonomy review
- Organisations
- MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, director
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), professor - Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
Theoretical plasma physicist; professor; director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. His documented field is plasma physics and nuclear fusion. No read source links him to UAP or antigravity research; he appears in 2026 media lists of "missing or dead scientists" only.
Biography
Nuno F. G. Loureiro, professor at MIT and director of its Plasma Science and Fusion Center, is the person described by the MIT President's statement and MIT News (December 2025) and by the news and federal sources cited here.
Born and raised in a small city in central Portugal, according to MIT's President. Attributed
MIT News reported that he died at 47. Attributed
Undergraduate degree in physics at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, and PhD in physics at Imperial College London (2005), according to MIT. Attributed
Theoretical plasma physicist, professor at MIT and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, as his university states.
Director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, as MIT states.
Professor at MIT (faculty member), as MIT states.
An expert on magnetic reconnection and plasma turbulence, according to MIT's President. Attributed
Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), according to MIT News. Attributed
His documented field is plasma physics and nuclear fusion. No read source links him to UAP or antigravity research; he appears in 2026 media lists of "missing or dead scientists" only.
Died early on 16 December 2025 from gunshot wounds sustained a few hours before, according to MIT's President; he was shot on the night of Monday 15 December at his home in Brookline.
Died at a local hospital, according to the Norfolk District Attorney's Office as quoted by AP; he had been shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Attributed
Died from gunshot wounds, as MIT's President stated. No medical examiner document was read. Attributed
Shot multiple times at his home in Brookline on the night of 15 December 2025, according to the Norfolk District Attorney as reported by AP and CBS Boston. Attributed
An FBI affidavit filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office states that he was "murdered by gunshot". This is the investigators' statement; no medical examiner ruling was read. Attributed
The Norfolk District Attorney described an active and ongoing homicide investigation (December 2025); the U.S. Attorney's Office said in January 2026 that the investigation remained ongoing. Attributed
Federal authorities stated that the person they hold responsible for this killing and for a shooting at Brown University died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 18 December 2025. He was never tried or convicted, and he is not named in this registry. As of January 2026 the investigation remained ongoing and no motive had been given. Attributed
Not established
- Not establishedNo read source states his full date of birth; MIT gives the years 1977–2025. Not established in the reviewed sources; MIT President statement and MIT News read 2026-11-11: year 1977 only (page title); no day or month.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
Connection to UAP research
His documented field is plasma physics and nuclear fusion. No read source links him to UAP or antigravity research; he appears in 2026 media lists of "missing or dead scientists" only.
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- Professor Nuno Loureiro (1977–2025) (opens in a new tab)MIT Office of the President, 2025 · Institution · readAuthor: Sally Kornbluth
- Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47 (opens in a new tab)MIT News, 2025 · Institution · readAuthor: MIT News
- Who are the missing or dead scientists with connections to government research? (opens in a new tab)NewsNation, 2026 · News report · readAuthor: Steph Whiteside
- Authorities launch homicide investigation after MIT professor fatally shot at home (opens in a new tab)WBUR (Associated Press copy), 2025 · News report · readAuthor: The Associated Press
- MIT professor Nuno Loureiro killed in shooting at his Brookline, Massachusetts home (opens in a new tab)CBS News Boston, 2025 · News report · readAuthor: Neal Riley
- AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (Case No. 1:25-mj-07593-JCB, D. Mass.) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts / U.S. District Court D. Mass., 2025 · Official record · readAuthor: FBI Special Agent Bryce Ferrara (affiant)
- Update on Investigation into Brown University and Brookline Shootings (opens in a new tab)U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts (U.S. Department of Justice), 2026 · Official record · read
- U.S. Attorneys' Offices, FBI, and ATF Announce Death of the Brown University and MIT Professor Shooter (opens in a new tab)U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire (U.S. Department of Justice), 2025 · Official record · read
- Mayor Brett Smiley, law enforcement partners announce death of suspect in Brown University mass shooting (opens in a new tab)City of Providence, 2025 · Official record · read