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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemistry Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Chemistry Scientist” 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%

“Chemistry Scientist” 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 or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds 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.

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

  • 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 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.

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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