🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     
Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Biophysicist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Biophysicist” 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%

“Biophysicist” 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
ℹ️

Data is based on the reference occupation: “Biochemists and Biophysicists”

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

Related Occupations & Automation Risk

Economists

AI Risk 63%
Robot Risk 15%

Industrial Ecologists

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 23%

Geographers

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 28%

Environmental Economists

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 18%

Atmospheric and Space Scientists

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 28%

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 41%

Core Skills & Abilities

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

Technologies & Software

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

Alternative Job Titles