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

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

From Science Daily

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

From Science Daily

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.

From Salon

“Of course I’d love to discover dark matter in the solar system,” said Benjamin Lehmann, a postdoctoral student at MIT and an author of the study.

From Los Angeles Times

“One of the unique strengths of our approach is that it can be used early in a pandemic,” says Nikki Thadani, a former postdoctoral research fellow who was involved in the development of EVEScape.

From BBC