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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Once they were arranged, postdoctoral researcher Chen Liang mixed water containing the nanosheets with a powder of monomers.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The panel's experts are senior research scientist Jason Rhodes (NASA/JPL), research associate Guadalupe Canas Herrera (ESA), multimedia lead for the NASA's Astrophysics Division Elizabeth Landau, and postdoctoral researcher Marco Bonici (University of Waterloo).
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The process is being developed at Austria's Graz University of Technology, by a team led by postdoctoral researcher Thomas Harter.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
Tyler Nelson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida, studies the neurobiology of pain, a choice partly motivated by his own frustrations with a neuromuscular disability.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The panel's experts are senior research scientist Jason Rhodes (NASA/JPL), research associate Guadalupe Canas Herrera (ESA), multimedia lead for the NASA's Astrophysics Division Elizabeth Landau, and postdoctoral researcher Marco Bonici (University of Waterloo).
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The process is being developed at Austria's Graz University of Technology, by a team led by postdoctoral researcher Thomas Harter.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
Tyler Nelson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida, studies the neurobiology of pain, a choice partly motivated by his own frustrations with a neuromuscular disability.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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