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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| biologist | Occupational skill for the role 'biologist' (also: ornithologist, herpetologist, mycologist, zoologist, entomologist, natural science taxonomist). Use when the user asks for typical biologist work such as: Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.; Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.; Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment. |
Biologist
Biologists study living organisms and life in its broader extent in combination with its environment. Through research, they strive to explain the functional mechanisms, interactions, and evolution of organisms.
Core workflow
- Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
- Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
- Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
- Communicate test results to state and federal representatives and general public.
- Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species.
- Represent employer in a technical capacity at conferences.
- Teach or supervise students and perform research at universities and colleges.
- Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- biology
- botany
- collect biological data
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct research on fauna
- conduct research on flora
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- ecosystem management
Hot technologies
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Adobe Photoshop
- C++
- Oracle Java
- Perl
- Python
Hot technologies
Top tools from 30 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-09):
- Microsoft Office — 10 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eee68e13-8248-43bb-a9fb-959832a6c217), ONET 30.3 (19-1029.04). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*