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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Analytical Research Chemist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Analytical Research Chemist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 62% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

47%

“Analytical Research Chemist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 47% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Biochemists and Biophysicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the chemical composition or physical principles of living cells and organisms, their electrical and mechanical energy, and related phenomena. May conduct research to further understanding of the complex chemical combinations and reactions involved in metabolism, reproduction, growth, and heredity. May determine the effects of foods, drugs, serums, hormones, and other substances on tissues and vital processes of living organisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $115,570
Avg. Hourly Wage $55.56
Available Jobs (US) 34,520
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Biochemists and Biophysicists #19-1021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Biochemists and Biophysicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.

  • Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.

  • Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

  • Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.

  • Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.

  • Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.

  • Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.

  • Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.

  • Design or perform experiments with equipment, such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.

  • Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.

  • Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.

  • Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.

  • Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.

  • Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.

  • Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.

  • Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

  • Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.

  • Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.

Technologies & Software

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • SAP software
  • ItemTracker
  • Semichem AMPAC
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Genetics computer group GSG software
  • Voltage-gated ion channels software
  • Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
  • Python
  • Expression DNA and protein sequence software
  • Shrodinger Jaguar
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Email software
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
  • ESRI What if?
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Yet another scientific artificial reality application YASARA software
  • Perplexity AI
  • Electronic lab notebook software
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Fujitsu BioMedCache
  • Tripos SYBYL
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Molecular Networks GmbH Biochemical Pathways
  • Golden Helix ChemTree
  • Statistical software
  • JustBio SeqPainter
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Golden Helix HelixTree
  • SAS
  • Internet browser software
  • Scite AI
  • Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Docking and ligand binding software
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Sequence database software
  • Dassault Systemes Abaqus
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
  • Molecular simulation software
  • Fujitsu MOPAC
  • Accelrys FELIX
  • Accelrys Cerius2
  • Llama (Meta)
  • 3D graphics software
  • Wavefunction Spartan
  • Perl
  • Wavefunction Titan
  • Crystallography software
  • Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
  • Gaussian software
  • Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
  • ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Minitab
  • Carrier-mediated transport software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Linux
  • Consensus
  • Macroscopic diffusion software
  • Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • AutoQuant AutoDeblur
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Presentation software
  • DeepSeek
  • Analysis and building software
  • Accelrys Insight II
  • Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
  • Elicit
  • GEPASI
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Chang Bioscience ToolKit
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Word processing software
  • PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
  • Graphics software
  • R
  • Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
  • Structure prediction software
  • Video analysis software
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Microsoft Word
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Accelrys QAUNTA
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Microplate readers
  • Automatic x ray film developers
  • Incubators
  • Hot plates
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Personal computers
  • Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
  • Cytospin centrifuges
  • Autoclaves
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Rheometers
  • Basic vapor pressure osmometers
  • Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
  • Orbital shakers
  • Dual wavelength spectroscopes
  • Phosphorimager video cameras
  • Heat incubators
  • Protein sequencers
  • Funnels
  • Microdosimeters
  • Scanning laser microscopes
  • Homogenizers
  • Pipettes
  • Cryomicroscopes
  • Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
  • Chemical fume hoods
  • Laminar flow hoods
  • Automated electrophoresis equipment
  • Scintillation counters
  • Fermenters
  • Cell sorters
  • Water purification units
  • Cryocut microtomes
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
  • Laboratory convection ovens
  • Flexi-dry lyophilizers
  • Liquid handling robots
  • Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
  • Amino acid analyzers
  • Large upright microscopes
  • Linear accelerators
  • Solid state diode lasers
  • Water baths
  • Hemoglobin analyzers
  • Cryotransmission electron microscopes
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Desktop computers
  • Flow cytometers
  • Video positioning equipment
  • Transillumination microscopes
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Freeze dryers
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Continuous flow centrifuges
  • Heating mantles
  • Auto gamma counters
  • Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Multichannel detectors
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Light scattering devices
  • Microinjectors
  • Heat blocks
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • X ray microscopes
  • Spectrofluorimeters
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Electroencephalography EEG equipment
  • Mossbauer spectroscopes
  • Microsusceptometers
  • Darkroom equipment
  • Analytical balances
  • Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
  • Cryostat tissue microtomes
  • Circulating water cooling systems
  • Langmuir balances
  • Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
  • Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
  • Shaking incubators
  • Balances
  • Confocal microscopes
  • Capillary electrophoresis equipment
  • Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
  • Fluorescence spectroscopes
  • Argon lasers
  • Dichroic beamsplitters
  • High-pressure liquid chromatographs
  • Ultramicrotomes
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
  • High-pressure high-temperature reactors
  • Power amplifiers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Vacuum freezers
  • Gamma ray irradiators
  • Gel boxes
  • Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
  • Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Thermal imagers
  • Shaking waterbaths
  • Laser printers
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Glassware condensers
  • Sonicators
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Mainframe computers
  • Signal generators
  • pH meters
  • Nanoscopes
  • Test tubes
  • Pasteur pipettes
  • Positron emission tomography PET scanners
  • Cryogenic freezers
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Krypton lasers
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Sample concentrators
  • Refrigerated centrifuges
  • Growth chambers
  • Chemistry analyzers
  • Megafuge centrifuges
  • Near-field light microscopes
  • Specific gravity balances
  • Magnetic tweezers
  • Tabletop centrifuges
  • Analytical ultracentrifuges
  • Microscope slides
  • Lasers
  • Filtering funnels
  • Ionometers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Electrophoresis power supplies
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Mettler balances
  • Sartorius balances
  • Phosphorimagers
  • Top-loading electronic balances
  • Microphysiometers
  • Viscometers
  • Laser tweezers
  • Brewster angle microscopes
  • Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
  • Biofreezers
  • Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
  • Optical tweezers
  • Notebook computers
  • Synchrotrons
  • Spectropolarimeters
  • Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
  • Circular dichroism spectroscopes
  • Sapphire lasers
  • Glassware adaptors
  • Plotters
  • Raman difference spectrometers
  • Beakers
  • Peptide synthesizers
  • Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
  • Electron microscopes
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Rotating anode X ray generators
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Laser particle sizers
  • Scanners
  • Microcalorimeters

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