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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Another lead researcher, Taylor Kelty, a postdoctoral fellow in Rector’s lab, noted that previous research has begun to show the link between severe liver dysfunction and a high risk of dementia.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Then, in the fall of 2022, a postdoctoral fellow named Theo McKenzie (opens a new tab) arrived at Harvard, eager to learn more about the tools that Huang, Yau and their collaborators had developed for their 2020 proof.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
All signs suggest that the celestial object, which resembled a fuzzy green patch, has disintegrated in the last couple days, said Qicheng Zang, a postdoctoral fellow studying small body astronomy at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
William Wright—a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego’s neurobiology faculty and one of the Science paper’s co-authors—explains that there must be some degree of determinism to the way neuroplasticity plays out.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Then, in the fall of 2022, a postdoctoral fellow named Theo McKenzie (opens a new tab) arrived at Harvard, eager to learn more about the tools that Huang, Yau and their collaborators had developed for their 2020 proof.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
All signs suggest that the celestial object, which resembled a fuzzy green patch, has disintegrated in the last couple days, said Qicheng Zang, a postdoctoral fellow studying small body astronomy at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
William Wright—a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego’s neurobiology faculty and one of the Science paper’s co-authors—explains that there must be some degree of determinism to the way neuroplasticity plays out.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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