Biochemists and Biophysicists
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 155 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 75% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Share research findings by writing scientific articles or by making presentations at scientific conferences.
AI could do much of this on its own
Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Design or perform experiments with equipment, such as lasers, accelerators, or mass spectrometers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Prepare pharmaceutical compounds for commercial distribution.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Research transformations of substances in cells, using atomic isotopes.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Isolate, analyze, or synthesize vitamins, hormones, allergens, minerals, or enzymes and determine their effects on body functions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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