postdoc

[pohst-dok]

noun

1. a postdoctoral award or scholar.

adjective

1. postdoctoral.

Word History and Origins

Origin of postdoc¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

“They can no longer pay rent, no longer pay graduate students, no longer pay postdocs. There is no difference,” Chemerinsky said.

From Los Angeles Times

Nichols' has even enlisted a team of graduate student researchers in Amsterdam and postdocs to assist in reviewing the estimates.

From Salon

She said that if she cannot find another funding source, she “will likely file for unemployment — and nobody’s going to hire a postdoc.”

From Los Angeles Times

“During the first Trump administration, I was working at a large national laboratory based on the West Coast as a postdoc,” Abramoff recalled, referring to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Alameda, California.

From Salon

“In other instances, I had my students and postdocs stranded abroad, waiting for a visa renewal, for weeks and sometimes months,” Krylov said.

From Los Angeles Times