Esmaeil Seraj is a Robotics Scientist at Amazon Robotics, specializing in computer vision and machine learning for compliant robot manipulation. Previously, Esmaeil held roles as a visiting graduate researcher at Emory University and as a graduate research assistant at both Georgia Institute of Technology and Shiraz University, where substantial contributions were made to projects involving machine learning, digital signal processing, and rehabilitation robotics. Esmaeil earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as multiple degrees in Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering.