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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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

  • Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological 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.

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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