postdoctoral
adjective
post·doc·tor·al
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rəl 
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
variants
or less commonly postdoctorate
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
: being beyond the doctoral level:
a
: of or relating to advanced academic or professional work beyond a doctor's degree
a postdoctoral fellowship
b
: engaged in such work
postdoctoral scholars
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Kiana Jafari, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, has studied this gap.
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026
Benjamin Goldman, an assistant professor of economics at Cornell, and Jamie Gracie, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, evaluated data on more than 16 million Texas students over two decades, examining data from the Census Bureau and IRS, as well as state records on academic outcomes.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
So, the team brought in a postdoctoral researcher, Susan Gueble, MD, PhD, who is now an assistant professor of therapeutic radiology at YSM.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are deeply involved in the work.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026
Benjamin Goldman, an assistant professor of economics at Cornell, and Jamie Gracie, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, evaluated data on more than 16 million Texas students over two decades, examining data from the Census Bureau and IRS, as well as state records on academic outcomes.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
So, the team brought in a postdoctoral researcher, Susan Gueble, MD, PhD, who is now an assistant professor of therapeutic radiology at YSM.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are deeply involved in the work.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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