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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

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

  • Supervise students' research on celestial and astronomical phenomena.

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

  • Teach astronomy or astrophysics.

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

  • Collaborate with other astronomers to carry out research projects.

  • Develop instrumentation and software for astronomical observation and analysis.

  • Raise funds for scientific research.

  • Mentor graduate students and junior colleagues.

  • Serve on professional panels and committees.

  • Direct the operations of a planetarium.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Review scientific proposals and research papers.

Technologies & Software

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

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