postdoctoral

[ pohst-dok-ter-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate:

   postdoctoral courses.

postdoctoral

/ pəʊstˈdɒktərəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating studies, research, or professional work above the level of a doctorate

Word History and Origins

Origin of postdoctoral¹

1935–40; post- + doctoral ( def )

Example Sentences

He conducted this research work as a PhD/postdoctoral researcher in Professor Monteiro's laboratory at NUS, and is now a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University, USA.

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"The implications are pretty significant, not just for other plant biologists and researchers in this space," says first author Ashton Holub, a former postdoctoral researcher in the Husbands Lab.

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"I thought about how shaking an apple tree, whether by hand or with a gust of wind, makes ripe apples detach and fall," said Zargartalebi, a postdoctoral fellow in Kelley's laboratory.

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"The findings demonstrate how easily this virus could evolve to recognize human-type receptors," says first author Ting-Hui Lin, a postdoctoral associate at Scripps Research.

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The museum also noted that Griffin will also support a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship aimed at determining Apex’s species, which remains unidentified, and studying Stegosaurus’ growth, metabolic rate, and skeletal development.

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