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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Lazaro Viñola López, a postdoctoral researcher at the Field Museum and the paper’s lead author, recounted.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Loureiro completed postdoctoral work at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory from 2005 to 2007, and at the UKAEA Culham Centre for Fusion Energy from 2007 to 2009.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
But such behavior has never been documented before, says Lázaro Viñola López, a postdoctoral researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History and one of the discoverers.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Previous research has suggested climate shifts could be responsible for introductions of the plague at various points in history, but most studies were vague about it, according to Henry Fell, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham and the University of York in England.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Loureiro completed postdoctoral work at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory from 2005 to 2007, and at the UKAEA Culham Centre for Fusion Energy from 2007 to 2009.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
But such behavior has never been documented before, says Lázaro Viñola López, a postdoctoral researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History and one of the discoverers.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Previous research has suggested climate shifts could be responsible for introductions of the plague at various points in history, but most studies were vague about it, according to Henry Fell, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham and the University of York in England.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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