Dictionary

postdoc en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpoʊstˌdɒk/

Etymology

Clipping of postdoctoral.

Meanings

1. (informal) A postdoctoral academic research position.
2. (informal) Someone in such a position.
   • 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 Times:
   • 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). 2017 May 14, Marc D. Ruben, John B. Hogenesch, “Circadian Rhythms: Move over neurons—astrocytes mediate SCN clock function”, in Current Biology, volume 27, number 9:
   • "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 Boson”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Translations (20)

es postdoctor (a postdoctoral researcher) · ja 博士研究員 (a postdoctoral academic research position) · is nýdoktor (a postdoctoral academic research position) · pl doktor habilitowany (a postdoctoral academic research position) · ko 박사후연구원 (a postdoctoral academic research position) · it ricercatore postdottorato (a postdoctoral academic research position) · ja ポスドク (a postdoctoral academic research position) · cmn 博後 /博后 (a postdoctoral academic research position) · ka პოსტ-დოქტორანტურა (a postdoctoral academic research position) · fi tutkijatohtorin tehtävä (a postdoctoral academic research position) · fi tutkijatohtori (a postdoctoral researcher) · sv postdoktorstjänst (a postdoctoral academic research position) · ru нау́чный сотру́дник с учёной степенью (a postdoctoral academic research position) · cmn 博士後 /博士后 (a postdoctoral academic research position) · fi postdokki (a postdoctoral academic research position) · sv postdoktor (a postdoctoral researcher) · fi postdokki (a postdoctoral researcher) · pl doktor habilitowany (a postdoctoral researcher) · it ricercatore post-dottorato (a postdoctoral researcher) · ka პოსტდოქტორანტურა (a postdoctoral academic research position)