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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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

Technologies & Software

  • Database management software
  • Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
  • Perplexity AI
  • Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
  • Protein Explorer
  • WHONET
  • Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • FindTarget
  • BD Biosciences CloneCyt
  • SAP software
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Scite AI
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Microsoft Office software
  • PredictProtein
  • PIBWin
  • Statistical software
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Elicit
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Bruker Optics OPUS
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Gene Finder
  • Gene recognition software
  • Genie Interactive
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Image capture and analysis software
  • DeepSeek
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Verity Software House ModFit LT
  • STARLIMS
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Consensus
  • PHYLIP
  • ComBase
  • Codon Usage Database
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • ProtScale
  • Protein databases
  • Proscan
  • BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
  • FramePlot
  • Microsoft Access
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
  • Web browser software
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • BD Biosciences CellQuest
  • DM2 Bills of Lading
  • NetLims AutoLims
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • TreeView
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microscope slides
  • Respirators
  • Culture bottles
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Bioreactors
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Recording thermometers
  • Personal computers
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Petri dishes
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Drying ovens
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Heat blocks
  • Water purification systems
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Pipette pumps
  • pH meters
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Impedance meters
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Desktop computers
  • Freeze dryers
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Flow cytometers
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Coplin jars
  • Gel support frames
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Safety glasses
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Serology rotators
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Vortex mixers
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Heating stirplates
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Argon lasers
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Notebook computers
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Electroporators
  • Conductivity meters
  • Protective gloves
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Inoculating loops
  • Transilluminators
  • Bubble counters
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Shaking incubators
  • Safety shoes
  • Colony counters
  • Sonicators
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Culture tubes
  • Micropipettes
  • Rotator mixers
  • Hybridization ovens
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Autoclaves
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Liquid impingers
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Thermocyclers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Precision pan balances
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Multiplate readers
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Analytical balances
  • French presses
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Laser printers
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Test tube racks
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Steroclaves
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Micro balances
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Staining dishes
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Osmometers
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Micromanipulators
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Bacticinerators
  • Multiwell trays
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Floor shakers

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