biochemical engineer
Biochemical engineers research on the field of life science striving for new discoveries. They convert those findings into chemical solutions that can improve the wellbeing of society such as vaccines, tissue repair, crops improvement and green technologies advances such as cleaner fuels from natural resources.
Also called: enzyme engineer, biochemical engineering consultant, biochemical research engineer, biochemical researcher, metabolic engineer, biochemical process engineer, biochemical technology engineering expert, bio-fuel engineer
- 60
- essential skills
- 28
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2145
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
60- adjust engineering designs
- advise on manufacturing problems
- advise on nitrate pollution
- analytical chemistry
- apply for research funding
- apply liquid chromatography
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- approve engineering design
- biological chemistry
- biology
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop biochemical manufacturing training materials
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- document analysis results
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- evaluate research activities
- examine engineering principles
- gas chromatography
- gel permeation chromatography
- genetics
- good manufacturing practices
- high-performance liquid chromatography
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- interpret 2D plans
- interpret 3D plans
- life sciences
- manage chemical testing procedures
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- run laboratory simulations
- speak different languages
- statistical process control
- synthesise information
- test samples for pollutants
- think abstractly
- toxicology
- use chromatography software
- use technical drawing software
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
28- alternative fuels
- analyse medication's impact on brain
- apply blended learning
- computational chemistry
- cryopreservation
- design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems
- develop biocatalytic processes
- develop food production processes
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process
- examine samples in dermatology
- fermentation processes of food
- food materials
- food science
- food storage
- nanomaterials
- oxidation
- packaging engineering
- packaging processes
- perform toxicological studies
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical drug development
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems
- processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
- scientific literature
- synthetic biology
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
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