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postdoctoral

postdoctoral

6 6.7
Study or research done after getting a PhD
  • adjective
  • /ˌpoʊstˈdɒktərəl/
  • Specialized
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  • After receiving his doctorate, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Argonne National Laboratory.
  • postdoctoral fellow
  • postdoctoral fellowship
  • postdoctoral researcher

Examples

  • Angela Hayden, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Kentucky.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Then he took a postdoctoral position with Donald Levy at the University of Chicago.

    Academic text (1996)
  • More likely than not, the number of postdoctoral positions available in industry will decline.

    Academic text (1993)
  • After they leave graduate school, many researchers spend long hours in postdoctoral positions.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Therefore, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are often tasked with software design and programming.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Actually, that study was conducted by Dr. Helen Fig, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.

  • Thanh Nguyen is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan.

    Academic text (2017)
  • He pursued undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, then his graduate and postdoctoral work in physics at Harvard.

  • We proudly bestow this Ambedkar Award to Dr. Suraj Yengde, postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

  • After completing her PhD, she accepted a postdoctoral position at a prestigious university to conduct advanced research.

Synonyms

postdoctorate
vspostdoctoral
  • Specialized
7.0

About research done after completing a PhD

is the same meaning but appears as a different word form

How Advanced

postdoctoral
  • Specialized
6 6.7
doctoral
  • Specialized
24 6.3
master
179 3.7
grad student
  • Informal
40 2.8
undergraduate
93 3.2

Surface Forms

postdoctoral positive

Morphology

postdoctoral = doctoral (transparent) = post + doctor + al

Formed by productive prefixation of 'post-' (after) onto the adjective 'doctoral' meaning 'after the doctoral degree'.

Etymology

The word postdoctoral is built from post- meaning 'after' and doctor meaning 'teacher' or a person with the highest university degree. So, postdoctoral describes study or research done after you earn a doctoral degree.