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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The endowments will support early-career scientists, particularly postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, along with visiting scholars, conferences and collaborative meetings.
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John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Suri, a postdoctoral fellow in the United States on a student visa who has lived in Northern Virginia with his wife and three children since 2022, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Texas since March.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Christian Ruth is a diplomatic historian and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Florida whose first book, One-Third Rich and Two-Thirds Hungry: Development and Neoliberalism in the Late Cold War (Cambridge University Press) will be released this year.
—Time, 12 May 2025
Vigorous exercise makes that impossible, said Audrey Collins, a postdoctoral research scientist at AdventHealth Research Institute and the paper’s co-lead author.
—Paul Von Zielbauer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Suri, a postdoctoral fellow in the United States on a student visa who has lived in Northern Virginia with his wife and three children since 2022, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Texas since March.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Christian Ruth is a diplomatic historian and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Florida whose first book, One-Third Rich and Two-Thirds Hungry: Development and Neoliberalism in the Late Cold War (Cambridge University Press) will be released this year.
—Time, 12 May 2025
Vigorous exercise makes that impossible, said Audrey Collins, a postdoctoral research scientist at AdventHealth Research Institute and the paper’s co-lead author.
—Paul Von Zielbauer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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