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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“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%

“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

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

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

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

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

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

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

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

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

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

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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