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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Formulation Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Formulation 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%

“Formulation 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

Technologies & Software

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

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