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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Postdoctoral Research Associate (Postdoc Research Associate)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #128 of 702. Estimated risk: 4.1%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Postdoctoral Research Associate (Postdoc Research Associate)” 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 57% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

24%

“Postdoctoral Research Associate (Postdoc Research Associate)” will almost certainly not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 24% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Astronomers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Observe, research, and interpret astronomical phenomena to increase basic knowledge or apply such information to practical problems.

Avg. Annual Salary $134,430
Avg. Hourly Wage $64.63
Available Jobs (US) 1,560
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Astronomers #19-2011
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Astronomers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Raise funds for scientific research.

  • Direct the operations of a planetarium.

  • Measure radio, infrared, gamma, and x-ray emissions from extraterrestrial sources.

  • Develop instrumentation and software for astronomical observation and analysis.

  • Present research findings at scientific conferences and in papers written for scientific journals.

  • Review scientific proposals and research papers.

  • Develop and modify astronomy-related programs for public presentation.

  • Teach astronomy or astrophysics.

  • Develop theories based on personal observations or on observations and theories of other astronomers.

  • Mentor graduate students and junior colleagues.

  • Study celestial phenomena, using a variety of ground-based and space-borne telescopes and scientific instruments.

  • Collaborate with other astronomers to carry out research projects.

  • Calculate orbits and determine sizes, shapes, brightness, and motions of different celestial bodies.

  • Conduct question-and-answer presentations on astronomy topics with public audiences.

  • Analyze research data to determine its significance, using computers.

  • Serve on professional panels and committees.

  • Supervise students' research on celestial and astronomical phenomena.

Technologies & Software

  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Avis Fits Viewer
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Astronomical Image Processing for Windows AIP4WIN
  • European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System ESO-MIDAS
  • Multipurpose Interactive Image Processing System MIIPS
  • Scite AI
  • C++
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Linux
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Software Bisque CCDSoft
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • R
  • Spectroscopy databases
  • Astronomical information processing system AIPS++
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • IRIS
  • DeepSeek
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Elicit
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Perplexity AI
  • Microsoft Office software
  • MSB Software Astroart
  • Fortran
  • Astronomical Image Processing System AIPS
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Oracle Java
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Data reduction software
  • Abstraction plus reference plus synthesis A++
  • Starcal
  • Structured query language SQL
  • C
  • Diffraction Limited MaxIm DL
  • Grok (xAI)
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Python
  • Microsoft Word
  • Visual Numerics PV-WAVE
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Interface definition language IDL
  • Adaptive optics AO simulation software
  • Analyze
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Software development tools
  • SAS
  • Consensus
  • Web browser software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Cryostats
  • Desktop computers
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Solar telescopes
  • Baseband recorders
  • Very long baseline array VLBA telescopes
  • Solar telescope filters
  • Automated telescopes
  • Single-dish radio telescopes
  • Optical interferometers
  • Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • High powered binoculars
  • Wideband pulsar processors
  • Radio antennas
  • Photometer
  • Radio telescopes
  • Personal computers
  • Dobsonian telescopes
  • Laptop computers
  • Near-infrared imagers and spectrometers NIRI
  • Thermal evaporators
  • Ebert-Fastie spectrometers
  • Spectroscopes
  • Tilting filter photometers
  • Electron beam ion traps EBIT
  • Wide-field mosaic charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Low resolution imaging spectrographs
  • Echelle spectrometers
  • Multi-object spectrographs MOS
  • Near-infrared integral field spectrometers
  • Planetary radar transmitters
  • Optical telescopes
  • Ball mills
  • Charge-coupled device CCD imagers
  • European VLBI Network EVN telescopes
  • Reflector telescopes
  • Scientific calculators
  • Refracting telescopes
  • Interferometers
  • Scanning telescopes
  • Resonance fluorescence laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
  • Very large array VLA telescopes
  • High resolution spectrographs
  • Pulsar processors
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Doppler Rayleigh laser imaging ranging and detecting LIDAR systems

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