Senior laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow

The differences between senior laboratory scientists and doctoral 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 senior laboratory scientist and a doctoral fellow. Additionally, a senior laboratory scientist has an average salary of $88,562, which is higher than the $53,366 average annual salary of a doctoral fellow.

The top three skills for a senior laboratory scientist include GMP, FDA and cell culture. The most important skills for a doctoral fellow are patients, cell culture, and data analysis.

Senior laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow overview

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Yearly salary	$88,562	$53,366
Hourly rate	$42.58	$25.66
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	77,364	22,661
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Doctoral Degree, 46%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow salary

Senior laboratory scientists and doctoral fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Average salary	$88,562	$53,366
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $128,000	Between $39,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	IBM
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between senior laboratory scientist and doctoral fellow education

There are a few differences between a senior laboratory scientist and a doctoral fellow in terms of educational background:

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Doctoral Degree, 46%
Most common major	Chemistry	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow demographics

Here are the differences between senior laboratory scientists' and doctoral fellows' demographics:

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 75.0% Female, 25.0%	Male, 55.3% Female, 44.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 26.5% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.1% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% Asian, 32.9% White, 47.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior laboratory scientist and doctoral fellow duties and responsibilities

Senior laboratory scientist example responsibilities.

Manage study protocols and study conduct, intimately involve in the toxicology and pharmacokinetic study protocol development process.
Enter results into LIMS database.
Generate reports and deliver of presentations to support submissions to FDA.
Establish quantitative, proprietary method for measurement of menstrual blood loss (now register with FDA).
Key activities include process chemistry development, synthesis of intermediates, compound purification and structure identification, and comprehensive scientific documentation.
Interpret metabolism data and review reports to support strategies forward thinking with a specialization in drug metabolism and metabolic enzymes.

Doctoral fellow example responsibilities.

Lead the in-vitro biophysical and biochemical characterization of homologous recombination and investigate structure-function effects of mutant enzymes.
Attend courses in drug discovery, python programming, and next-generation sequencing analyses.
Coordinate the validation of data aquisition algorithms (C++, python) for all real and simulate data.
Conduct custom synthesis of organic molecules, key intermediates and building blocks for medicinal chemistry applications.
Design PCL/PLCL drug delivery system for DC immunotherapy.
Succeed in using CRISPR to genetically correct diseas iPSCs.

Senior laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow skills

Common senior laboratory scientist skills

GMP, 9%
FDA, 9%
Cell Culture, 9%
Analytical Methods, 7%
R, 6%
Method Development, 6%

Common doctoral fellow skills

Patients, 8%
Cell Culture, 6%
Data Analysis, 5%
Research Projects, 5%
Cell Biology, 5%
Immunology, 5%

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