postdoctoral
of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate: postdoctoral courses.
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Natalie Schaworonkow, a postdoctoral fellow in Voytek’s lab, usually researches regular oscillations like alpha waves, “which are more beautiful than the aperiodic signal,” she said, making Voytek laugh in our shared Zoom call.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineHe was already working with Wolfson, then a postdoctoral researcher, on a topology project, and when he shared what he’d found in Arnold’s paper, Wolfson jumped in.
Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem | Stephen Ornes | January 14, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIn the fall of 1999, while I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the first transit of a known planet—HD 209458b, a “hot Jupiter”—was announced.
My satellite would fit in a small suitcase. | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSo Currie tasked Li, then a postdoctoral student in Currie’s lab who’s now at Ningbo University in China, with removing it.
Mineral body armor helps some leaf-cutting ants win fights with bigger kin | Christie Wilcox | November 24, 2020 | Science NewsA group led by Lippman and postdoctoral fellow Choon-Tak Kwon has done exactly that with tomato plants.
New Veggies for a Warming Planet - Issue 92: Frontiers | Viviane Callier | November 4, 2020 | Nautilus
British Dictionary definitions for postdoctoral
/ (pəʊstˈdɒktərəl) /
of, relating to, or designating studies, research, or professional work above the level of a doctorate
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