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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“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%

“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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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