# Occupation profile — biologist

- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eee68e13-8248-43bb-a9fb-959832a6c217
- **ESCO code:** 2131.4
- **ISCO-08 group:** 2131 — Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
- **O*NET-SOC:** 19-1029.04 — Biologists (match: exactMatch)

## Description (ESCO)

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.

## Definition

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## Alternative labels

- ornithologist
- herpetologist
- mycologist
- zoologist
- entomologist
- natural science taxonomist
- plant pathologist
- biology research scientist
- wildlife biologist
- mammalogist
- biology science researcher
- biology biotechnologist
- lepidopterist
- ichthyologist