Taskin Padir is a Professor at Northeastern University, where Padir also serves as the Founding Director of the Institute for Experiential Robotics and holds the position of Associate Professor since August 2015. Additionally, Padir is an Amazon Scholar at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics since May 2022 and previously worked as a Summer Professor in Residence at Amazon Robotics in July 2019. Padir served as an Assistant Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from August 2008 to August 2015, as well as at Lake Superior State University from 2004 to 2008. Academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi.