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Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Her employees included staff scientists, postdocs and graduate students.
—Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nieder, who is now a postdoc investigator in biology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, said more research is needed to confirm whether rig sharks make sounds under natural conditions without human interference.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
During her postdoc, Priya, the Crick Institute biologist, discovered that trabeculae are created by mechanical forces that expel cells from the heart wall.
—Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Her employees included staff scientists, postdocs and graduate students.
—Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
My postdoc prospects after finishing a doctorate in physics at Harvard were in Europe.
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nieder, who is now a postdoc investigator in biology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, said more research is needed to confirm whether rig sharks make sounds under natural conditions without human interference.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Postdoc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoc. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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