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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Public Health Microbiologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Public Health Microbiologist” 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 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Public Health Microbiologist” 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 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Microbiologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $45.77
Available Jobs (US) 19,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Microbiologists #19-1022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Microbiologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

  • Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

  • Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.

  • Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

  • Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

  • Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

  • Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.

  • Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

  • Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

  • Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

  • Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.

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  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Bacticinerators
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Analytical balances
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Micropipettes
  • Bioreactors
  • pH meters
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Impedance meters
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Culture bottles
  • Shaking incubators
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Notebook computers
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Rotator mixers
  • Autoclaves
  • Colony counters
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Pipette pumps
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Micromanipulators
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Respirators
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Drying ovens
  • Conductivity meters
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Microscope slides
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Floor shakers
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Precision pan balances
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Bubble counters
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Liquid impingers
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Safety glasses
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Test tube racks
  • Argon lasers
  • Osmometers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Heat blocks
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Thermocyclers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Laser printers
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Heating stirplates
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Desktop computers
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Recording thermometers
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Safety shoes
  • Electroporators
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Multiplate readers
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Personal computers
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Flow cytometers
  • Steroclaves
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Petri dishes
  • Freeze dryers
  • Serology rotators
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Inoculating loops
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Vortex mixers
  • Staining dishes
  • Transilluminators
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • French presses
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Multiwell trays
  • Culture tubes
  • Protective gloves
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Sonicators
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Gel support frames
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Coplin jars
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Water purification systems
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Micro balances

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