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Automation Risk Analysis

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

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Postdoctoral Scholar (Postdoc Scholar)” 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 Scholar (Postdoc Scholar)” 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 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.

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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