postdoctoral

[ pohst-dok-ter-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate:

   postdoctoral courses.

postdoctoral

/ pəʊstˈdɒktərəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating studies, research, or professional work above the level of a doctorate

Word History and Origins

Origin of postdoctoral¹

1935–40; post- + doctoral ( def )

Example Sentences

"Now we've got this blueprint for how different plants utilize the sun's energy to survive in different environments," says Joseph Swift, co-first author of the study and a postdoctoral researcher in Ecker's lab.

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She is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, the Department of Earth & Planetary Science, and the Yale Peabody Museum.

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F. Gold, an assistant professor of physical geography at Utrecht University who conducted the research as a postdoctoral associate at Cornell.

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A diverse team of researchers that included graduate and undergraduate students contributed to the paper, along with faculty and a postdoctoral fellowship researcher.

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John Maldonado, a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, visited several medical freedom movement meetings in Pennsylvania as part of a research project in 2020.

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