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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Postdoctoral Researcher (Postdoc Researcher)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Postdoctoral Researcher (Postdoc Researcher)” 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 Researcher (Postdoc Researcher)” 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 spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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