postdoc

A postdoctoral academic research position.

Noun

  1. A postdoctoral academic research position.
  2. Someone in such a position.
    • "We have to sing for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab. - 2001 July 24, James Glanz, “To Be Young and in Search of the Higgs...
    • Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement. - 2001 August 21, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Postdoc Trail: Long and Filled With Pitfalls”, in The New York...
    • Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here). -...

Origin

Clipping of postdoctoral.

Forms

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