Luiz Pinguelli Rosa (19 February 1942 – 3 March 2022) was a Brazilian scientist.

A nuclear physicist, researcher and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, he was also a scientific leader.

He was born in Brazil and lived in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

He was also scientifically and politically active in the field of nuclear energy.

[1][2][3] Rosa died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 80, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.