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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

  • Collaborate with other astronomers to carry out research projects.

  • Develop instrumentation and software for astronomical observation and analysis.

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

  • Mentor graduate students and junior colleagues.

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

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

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

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

  • Teach astronomy or astrophysics.

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

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

  • Supervise students' research on celestial and astronomical phenomena.

  • Review scientific proposals and research papers.

  • Direct the operations of a planetarium.

  • Raise funds for scientific research.

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

  • Serve on professional panels and committees.

Technologies & Software

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

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