assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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Human labor is expensive, and the salaries of security engineers have increased in recent years due to the shortage of talent, said Unal Tatar, assistant professor of cybersecurity at the State University of New York at Albany who has worked in the field for two decades.
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Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The study modeled many different climate scenarios for the decades ahead, said Kirti Rajagopalan, another author, and an assistant professor in WSU’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Kendall Youngman, assistant professor of medical imaging and radiation sciences, was elected as first alternate for the computed tomography chapter delegate position.
—Danny Shameer, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024
For women specifically, there may be some additional risks, though the body of research is much smaller in this regard, says Dr. Elise Boden, an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
There’s no good data about this topic, according to Nicholas Reed, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who studies hearing loss.
—Judith Graham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
Instead, the findings help identify specific signals in the brain that are in play for people with the disorder, said Laura Friedman, an assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University, who was not affiliated with the study.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
While such magnificent discoveries give an insight into what the rich and powerful wore in ancient societies, jewelry may have been worn by people of all walks of life — and for many different reasons, according to Alexis Castor, an assistant professor of classics at Franklin and Marshall College.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
That trauma likely stems from physical and emotional violence against Muslims and Arabs that has become commonplace, says Tarek Zidan, an assistant professor of social work at Indiana University who specializes in Arab and Muslim American mental health.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The study modeled many different climate scenarios for the decades ahead, said Kirti Rajagopalan, another author, and an assistant professor in WSU’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Kendall Youngman, assistant professor of medical imaging and radiation sciences, was elected as first alternate for the computed tomography chapter delegate position.
—Danny Shameer, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024
For women specifically, there may be some additional risks, though the body of research is much smaller in this regard, says Dr. Elise Boden, an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
There’s no good data about this topic, according to Nicholas Reed, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who studies hearing loss.
—Judith Graham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
Instead, the findings help identify specific signals in the brain that are in play for people with the disorder, said Laura Friedman, an assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University, who was not affiliated with the study.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
While such magnificent discoveries give an insight into what the rich and powerful wore in ancient societies, jewelry may have been worn by people of all walks of life — and for many different reasons, according to Alexis Castor, an assistant professor of classics at Franklin and Marshall College.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
That trauma likely stems from physical and emotional violence against Muslims and Arabs that has become commonplace, says Tarek Zidan, an assistant professor of social work at Indiana University who specializes in Arab and Muslim American mental health.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
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