Also called: DIYbio Lab Manager, Community Lab Director
Runs a public biology lab where anyone, from teens to retirees, can take classes and do real DNA and microbiology projects.
Opens the lab for an evening class where 12 adults extract DNA from strawberries and learn to use pipettes. Before that you checked safety rules for a member's glowing-bacteria project, ordered supplies and applied for a grant. Weekends you host a youth bio-design club.
Estimate; small nonprofits; some are part-time.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biology or bioengineering plus lab and teaching experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Bioengineering, Education.
Growing about average. A tiny but steady movement in US cities.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps plan lessons, but teaching hands-on lab skills and keeping a lab safe stays human.
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Business.
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