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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Biophysics Researcher” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #99 of 702. Estimated risk: 2.7%

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AI Exposure Risk

62%

“Biophysics Researcher” 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 62% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

47%

“Biophysics Researcher” 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 47% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Biochemists and Biophysicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the chemical composition or physical principles of living cells and organisms, their electrical and mechanical energy, and related phenomena. May conduct research to further understanding of the complex chemical combinations and reactions involved in metabolism, reproduction, growth, and heredity. May determine the effects of foods, drugs, serums, hormones, and other substances on tissues and vital processes of living organisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $115,570
Avg. Hourly Wage $55.56
Available Jobs (US) 34,520
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Biochemists and Biophysicists #19-1021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Biochemists and Biophysicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.

  • Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.

  • Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.

  • Study spatial configurations of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x-rays or electron microscopes.

  • Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.

  • Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.

  • Develop methods to process, store, or use foods, drugs, or chemical compounds.

  • Research how characteristics of plants or animals are carried through successive generations.

  • Produce pharmaceutically or industrially useful proteins, using recombinant DNA technology.

  • Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.

  • Design or perform experiments with equipment, such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.

  • Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.

  • Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.

  • Determine the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules.

  • Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.

  • Examine the molecular or chemical aspects of immune system functioning.

  • Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.

  • Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.

  • Develop or execute tests to detect diseases, genetic disorders, or other abnormalities.

  • Investigate the nature, composition, or expression of genes or research how genetic engineering can impact these processes.

  • Prepare reports or recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Study the mutations in organisms that lead to cancer or other diseases.

  • Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.

  • Research the chemical effects of substances, such as drugs, serums, hormones, or food, on tissues or vital processes.

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  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Semichem AMPAC
  • Intelligent Imaging Innovations SlideBook
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • Graphics software
  • Yet another scientific artificial reality application YASARA software
  • Wavefunction Titan
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Llama (Meta)
  • PREMIER Biosoft Array Designer
  • Minitab
  • ESRI What if?
  • Electronic lab notebook software
  • Molecular Simulations WebLab ViewerPro
  • ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Molecular simulation software
  • Statistical software
  • Word processing software
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Scite AI
  • Gaussian software
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Perplexity AI
  • R
  • Macroscopic diffusion software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • SAS
  • Accelrys Insight II
  • Crystallography software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Presentation software
  • Perl
  • Linux
  • Elicit
  • Docking and ligand binding software
  • Python
  • Consensus
  • GE Healthcare ImageQuant TL
  • SAP software
  • Golden Helix ChemTree
  • Dassault Systemes Abaqus
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
  • Elsevier MDL ISIS/Draw
  • Structure prediction software
  • AutoQuant AutoDeblur
  • Fujitsu MOPAC
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • 3D graphics software
  • Molecular Networks GmbH Biochemical Pathways
  • Carrier-mediated transport software
  • JustBio SeqPainter
  • Crystallography & NMR System (CNS)
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Accelrys Cerius2
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaFluor
  • Wavefunction Spartan
  • Internet browser software
  • Chemistry at Harvard Molecular Mechanics CHARMm
  • Assisted model building with energy refinement AMBER
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Expression DNA and protein sequence software
  • Chang Bioscience ToolKit
  • DeepSeek
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Word
  • Molecular Devices Corporation MetaMorph
  • GEPASI
  • Hodgkin-Huxley Model software
  • Shrodinger Jaguar
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Golden Helix HelixTree
  • Accelrys FELIX
  • Tripos SYBYL
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Fujitsu BioMedCache
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Accelrys QAUNTA
  • Analysis and building software
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Genetics computer group GSG software
  • Video analysis software
  • Sequence database software
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  • Langmuir balances
  • Orbital shakers
  • Electroencephalography EEG equipment
  • Ultramicrotomes
  • Microplate readers
  • Microscope slides
  • Beakers
  • Laser tweezers
  • Dual wavelength spectroscopes
  • Top-loading electronic balances
  • Incubators
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Basic vapor pressure osmometers
  • Signal generators
  • Brewster angle microscopes
  • Continuous flow centrifuges
  • Analytical balances
  • Circulating water cooling systems
  • Microinjectors
  • Magnetic tweezers
  • Stopped-flow spectrophotometers
  • Test tubes
  • Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI microscopes
  • Growth chambers
  • Electron paramagnetic resonance EPR spectrometers
  • Flow cytometers
  • pH meters
  • Pipettes
  • Pasteur pipettes
  • Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
  • Video enhanced differential interference contrast microscopes
  • Nanoscopes
  • Mettler balances
  • Electron microscopes
  • Automatic x ray film developers
  • Sartorius balances
  • Chemistry analyzers
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Cytospin centrifuges
  • Rheometers
  • Power amplifiers
  • Fermenters
  • Hemoglobin analyzers
  • Solid state diode lasers
  • Raman difference spectrometers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Liquid nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
  • Glassware condensers
  • Cryostat tissue microtomes
  • Confocal microscopes
  • Mainframe computers
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Cryocut microtomes
  • Phosphorimagers
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Positron emission tomography PET scanners
  • Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance NMR equipment
  • Laser particle sizers
  • Sapphire lasers
  • Electron spin resonance spectroscopes
  • Darkroom equipment
  • Thermal imagers
  • High-pressure liquid chromatographs
  • Scanners
  • Shaking waterbaths
  • Magnetic piconewton-force transducers
  • Argon lasers
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Microdosimeters
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Vibratome tissue sectioning systems
  • Capillary electrophoresis equipment
  • Gamma ray irradiators
  • Ultraviolet UV transilluminators
  • Filtering funnels
  • Protein sequencers
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Laminar flow hoods
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Plotters
  • Light scattering devices
  • Synchrotrons
  • Laser printers
  • Fluorescence spectroscopes
  • Multi-angle elastic-light scattering systems
  • Large upright microscopes
  • Heating mantles
  • Scanning laser microscopes
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Microsusceptometers
  • Rotating anode X ray generators
  • Freeze dryers
  • Heat blocks
  • Glassware adaptors
  • Multichannel detectors
  • Water purification units
  • Biofreezers
  • Cryomicroscopes
  • Autoclaves
  • Phosphorimager video cameras
  • Cryogenic freezers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Chemical fume hoods
  • Sample concentrators
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Laser Doppler zeta potential analyzers
  • Video positioning equipment
  • Linear accelerators
  • Flexi-dry lyophilizers
  • Balances
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Peptide synthesizers
  • Cryotransmission electron microscopes
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Homogenizers
  • Automated electrophoresis equipment
  • Circular dichroism spectroscopes
  • Electrophoresis power supplies
  • Krypton lasers
  • High-pressure high-temperature reactors
  • Amino acid analyzers
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Laboratory convection ovens
  • Megafuge centrifuges
  • Personal computers
  • Isothermal titration calorimeters ITC
  • Water baths
  • Near-field light microscopes
  • Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Transillumination microscopes
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Dichroic beamsplitters
  • Microphysiometers
  • Desktop computers
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Gel boxes
  • Liquid handling robots
  • Viscometers
  • Cell sorters
  • Optical tweezers
  • Vacuum freezers
  • Spectrofluorimeters
  • Analytical ultracentrifuges
  • Auto gamma counters
  • Spectropolarimeters
  • Shaking incubators
  • Refrigerated centrifuges
  • Notebook computers
  • Heat incubators
  • Tabletop centrifuges
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Hot plates
  • Computerized axial tomography CAT scan equipment
  • Laser induced temperature jump nanosecond relaxation spectrometer systems
  • X ray microscopes
  • Mossbauer spectroscopes
  • Lasers
  • Ionometers
  • Scintillation counters
  • Specific gravity balances
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Sonicators

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