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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Pharmaceutical Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Pharmaceutical 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%

“Pharmaceutical 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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

  • 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.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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