postdoc

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English

Etymology

Clipping of postdoctoral.

Pronunciation

Noun

postdoc (plural postdocs)

  1. (informal) A postdoctoral academic research position.
  2. (informal) Someone in such a position.
    • 2001 July 24, James Glanz, “To Be Young and in Search of the Higgs Boson”, in The New York Times‎:
      "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 August 21, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Postdoc Trail: Long and Filled With Pitfalls”, in The New York Times‎:
      Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement.
    • 2017 May, Marc D. Ruben, John B. Hogenesch, “Circadian Rhythms: Move over neurons—astrocytes mediate SCN clock function”, in Current Biology, volume 27, number 9:
      Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here).

Translations

Spanish

Noun

postdoc m (plural postdocs)

  1. postdoc
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