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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Postdoctoral Research Associate (Postdoc Research Associate)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Postdoctoral Research Associate (Postdoc Research Associate)” 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%

“Postdoctoral Research Associate (Postdoc Research Associate)” 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.

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

Technologies & Software

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

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