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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Research Specialist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Research Specialist” 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%

“Research Specialist” 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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