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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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

  • 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.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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