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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Asaf Mazar is a postdoctoral fellow in behavioral science at the University of Pennsylvania. 
CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 Following that clue, Tye and her colleagues—in particular, Salk Institute postdoctoral fellow Hao Li—mapped out all the neurons that release neurotensin to the basolateral amygdala. Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022 Jordan Wylie is a postdoctoral researcher at Boston College. Jordan Wylie, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022 Blumwald, right, and postdoctoral researcher Akhilesh Yadav with their new rice. Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022 Marine biologist Maria Pascual Torner, one of the lead authors and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oviedo in Spain, where the research was done, said the focus was to better understand the mechanisms of rejuvenation. Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 This is not a typical discovery, according to Dr. Elisabete Malafaia, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 Slipski, a postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was looking for clouds. Wired, 3 Aug. 2022 Rieke came to the University of Arizona in 1976 as a postdoctoral fellow. Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022 See More
CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 Following that clue, Tye and her colleagues—in particular, Salk Institute postdoctoral fellow Hao Li—mapped out all the neurons that release neurotensin to the basolateral amygdala. Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022 Jordan Wylie is a postdoctoral researcher at Boston College. Jordan Wylie, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022 Blumwald, right, and postdoctoral researcher Akhilesh Yadav with their new rice. Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022 Marine biologist Maria Pascual Torner, one of the lead authors and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oviedo in Spain, where the research was done, said the focus was to better understand the mechanisms of rejuvenation. Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 This is not a typical discovery, according to Dr. Elisabete Malafaia, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 Slipski, a postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was looking for clouds. Wired, 3 Aug. 2022 Rieke came to the University of Arizona in 1976 as a postdoctoral fellow. Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above