postdoc
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of postdoc
First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening
Example Sentences
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"We took a really big gamble," said Brenner, now a postdoc at Yale.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
Former MIT postdoc Mirco Friedrich is the lead author of the paper, which was published in Nature.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
As a graduate student he joined the lab of Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa, where he was paired with a postdoc fellow named Xu Liu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
Daniel Lundberg PhD '24 and MIT postdoc Jimin Kim are the lead authors of the study, which appears in Nature Catalysis.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
Former postdoc Yu-Ming Tu and postdoc Cody Ritt also authors of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
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