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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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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