associate professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor
associate professorship
noun
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Led by Fu Jingcheng, PhD, an associate professor at Beihang University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geology and Geophysics, the research team carried out a seven-minute helicopter test.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
What Causes Postpartum Hair Loss Joshua Zeichner, MD, associate professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital, says that postpartum hair loss is most commonly caused by telogen effluvium (TE), which is when a large amount of hair follicles reach the shedding phase at once.
—Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 9 June 2026
Padula is a senior scholar at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, an associate professor of pharmaceutical and health economics at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, and chief scientific officer of Stage Analytics.
—William V. Padula, STAT, 8 June 2026
Eric Edwards is a PERC senior fellow and an associate professor in agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis.
—Sara Sutherland, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
What Causes Postpartum Hair Loss Joshua Zeichner, MD, associate professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital, says that postpartum hair loss is most commonly caused by telogen effluvium (TE), which is when a large amount of hair follicles reach the shedding phase at once.
—Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 9 June 2026
Padula is a senior scholar at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, an associate professor of pharmaceutical and health economics at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, and chief scientific officer of Stage Analytics.
—William V. Padula, STAT, 8 June 2026
Eric Edwards is a PERC senior fellow and an associate professor in agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis.
—Sara Sutherland, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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