Our dear friend and colleague Diego Loukota has passed away. Even in his last days, the fields of study to which he gave so much were in his thoughts, and he asked for the following obituary to be shared with you.
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Diego Loukota, Assistant Professor in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism at UCLA, died at the age of 38 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024 in his home in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by family and friends. He had been diagnosed with an incurable and aggressive form of brain tumor (glioblastoma) in March 2023. Diego was