postdoc
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈpoʊstˌdɑk/
- Jargon
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postdoctorado
- She is currently a postdoc working on innovative cancer research at the medical school.
- postdoc position
- postdoc experience
- take a postdoc
So I did my PHDI did my postdoc in cognitive neuroscience.
- So I did my PHDI did my postdoc in cognitive neuroscience.
- I, I had no idea what a cognitive neuroscience postdoc can go on to do.
- I wrote down when I was a postdoc at Stanford.
- He is now at Harvard doing a postdoc in the Center for Ethics.
- You know, I'm back in the town where I grew up and but I've been a postdoc at Stanford, and that worked out really well.
- You know, and I've seen this a lot, not just on university campuses, but one place I have seen it is when I was a graduate student or postdoc.
- But I went to Stanford for my postdoc mostly with a sort of cosmology interest in mind, hoping to work with Andre Linde.
- But anyway, after postdoc is when scientists face the big crunch.
- I was put like my best neuropsychology postdoc on it and a couple other superstars.
Examples
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This study was led by Michael Johnson, a postdoc at the Centre for Astrophysics.
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After a postdoc, he went to join the junior faculty at Caltech.
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I wrote down when I was a postdoc at Stanford.
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And this means I can extend your postdoc.
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I came straight from my Cambridge postdoc.
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I studied under Alan Grant as a postdoc.
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I have been fortunate to have had this magnificent students and postdoc who have taught me so much.
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He is now at Harvard doing a postdoc in the Center for Ethics.
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After two years as a postdoc with Schawlow at Stanford University, he joined the Stanford faculty.
Academic text (2005) -
Now, especially in biology and biomedical research, a postdoc is practically a prerequisite for getting a faculty job.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
A person doing research after finishing a PhD, often for a short time
How Experienced
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3.7
- US
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3.9
- Jargon
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6.3
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Postdoc comes from the parts post- meaning 'after' and doc short for doctor. So a postdoc is a research job someone does after earning a doctoral degree, usually for a short time.