postdoctoral
adjective
post·doc·tor·al
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rəl 
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
variants
or less commonly postdoctorate
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
: being beyond the doctoral level:
a
: of or relating to advanced academic or professional work beyond a doctor's degree
a postdoctoral fellowship
b
: engaged in such work
postdoctoral scholars
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Since completing his doctoral work, England now studies animal vision as a postdoctoral researcher with Berlin’s Natural History Museum.
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Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
Rights & Permissions Andrew Chang is a postdoctoral fellow at New York University, whose work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award and by the Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience.
—Andrew Chang, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
Elizabeth Rees is a postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History in Dallas, Texas.
—Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Researchers involved in the study set out to assess how many adults had been diagnosed with autism because earlier studies largely focused on school-age children, said Luke Grosvenor, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral fellow at Kaiser Permanente's Northern California research division.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
Rights & Permissions Andrew Chang is a postdoctoral fellow at New York University, whose work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award and by the Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience.
—Andrew Chang, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
Elizabeth Rees is a postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University's Center for Presidential History in Dallas, Texas.
—Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Researchers involved in the study set out to assess how many adults had been diagnosed with autism because earlier studies largely focused on school-age children, said Luke Grosvenor, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral fellow at Kaiser Permanente's Northern California research division.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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