Research biochemist vs fellow

The differences between research biochemists and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a research biochemist and a fellow. Additionally, a research biochemist has an average salary of $76,649, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a research biochemist include assay development, protein analysis and R. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Research biochemist vs fellow overview

	Research Biochemist	Fellow
Yearly salary	$76,649	$66,364
Hourly rate	$36.85	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	49,891	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Research biochemist vs fellow salary

Research biochemists and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Research Biochemist	Fellow
Average salary	$76,649	$66,364
Salary range	Between $53,000 And $110,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Tennessee
Best paying company	Abbott	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Professional

Differences between research biochemist and fellow education

There are a few differences between a research biochemist and a fellow in terms of educational background:

	Research Biochemist	Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Biology	Political Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	Duke University

Research biochemist vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between research biochemists' and fellows' demographics:

	Research Biochemist	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.0% Female, 44.0%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.6% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 26.2% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between research biochemist and fellow duties and responsibilities

Research biochemist example responsibilities.

Manage the development of innovative visualization and concept mapping of contest environment analysis challenges and analyst skill sets.
Develop, validate and implement biochemical, enzyme, ELISA and cell-base assays as primary and secondary screening assays.
Investigate DNA / protein homologies between species using DNA analysis software.
Schedule GMP activity and coordinate testing and cleaning of the area.
Develop and design new cleaning procedures and execute them for GMP equipment.
Coordinate IQ/OQ/PQ testing for new equipment and maintenance of PQ testing as per FDA guidelines.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Research biochemist vs fellow skills

Common research biochemist skills

Assay Development, 16%
Protein Analysis, 12%
R, 5%
Research Projects, 5%
HPLC, 5%
Data Analysis, 3%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%

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