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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Scientist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“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 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“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 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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AI Risk 63%
Robot Risk 15%

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AI Risk 62%
Robot Risk 47%

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AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 23%

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AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 28%

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AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 18%

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AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 28%

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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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