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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Dror led the study over the past few years while completing her PhD at ELTE and then as a postdoctoral researcher at the Clever Dog Lab of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna.
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
The key to pinning that down was a method called magnetostratigraphy, says Serena Perini, one of the study authors and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Milan.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
Lazaro Viñola López, a postdoctoral researcher at the Field Museum and the paper’s lead author, recounted.
—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
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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