- PhD in Chemistry, MIT
- Director, Chemical Spectrometry Laboratory, MIT
- Director, Chemical Instrumentation Center, Yale
- Director, Chemical Instrumentation, NSF
- Professor Emeritus, Dept of Chemistry & Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Rhode Island
Dr. Traficante's background makes him especially qualified to teach NMR. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1962 from MIT in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. He has worked in the NMR field since 1962 and in the 1970s he pioneered multi-nuclear instrumentation. He has built probes, reassembled spectrometers and developed new software programs to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio and the resolution of NMR spectra. His current research in the areas of structure determination, instrumentation and data processing provide him with knowledge and expertise applicable to a broad audience. His organic chemistry background, plus his expertise in electronics, gives his lectures a special depth and appreciation for the field. Dr. Traficante is known worldwide as an outstanding educator.