postdoc

American  

[pohst-dok] / poʊstˈdɒk /

noun

1. a postdoctoral award or scholar.

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adjective

1. postdoctoral.

Etymology

Origin of postdoc

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

"Radium is naturally radioactive, with a short lifetime and we can currently only produce radium monofluoride molecules in tiny quantities," says study lead author Shane Wilkins, a former postdoc at MIT.

From Science Daily

“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