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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William Wright—a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego’s neurobiology faculty and one of the Science paper’s co-authors—explains that there must be some degree of determinism to the way neuroplasticity plays out.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
This January, Wang, now a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany, and Hazzard published (opens a new tab) their refined result in the journal Nature.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
The fatty acid connection Altea-Manzano studied this priming process during her time as a postdoctoral scholar with cancer biologist Sarah-Maria Fendt at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University, was arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and told his visa was revoked.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
This January, Wang, now a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany, and Hazzard published (opens a new tab) their refined result in the journal Nature.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
The fatty acid connection Altea-Manzano studied this priming process during her time as a postdoctoral scholar with cancer biologist Sarah-Maria Fendt at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University, was arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and told his visa was revoked.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for postdoctoral
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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