Nuno Loureiro named director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center
01 May 2024
Nuno Loureiro (JPP Associate Editor) has been appointed as Director of the PSFC
“This role is a significant responsibility but also a great opportunity to shape the plasma physics and fusion research agenda, at MIT and elsewhere.” - Nuno Loureiro
Nuno Loureiro, professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics, has been appointed the new director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, effective May 1, 2024.
Loureiro is taking the helm of one of MIT’s largest labs: more than 250 full-time researchers, staff members, and students work and study in seven buildings with 250,000 square feet of lab space. A theoretical physicist and fusion scientist, Loureiro joined MIT as a faculty member in 2016, and was appointed deputy director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) in 2022.