toxicologist

Toxicologists study the effects that chemical substances or biological and physical agents have in living organisms, more specifically, on the environment and on the animal and human health. They determine doses of the exposure to substances for arising toxic effects in environments, people, and living organisms, and also perform experiments on animals and cell cultures.

The most in-demand skills for this role include life sciences, analytical chemistry, scientific literature, laboratory techniques, cancer risks, toxicology. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives toxicologist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.