postdoc
noun/ˈpoʊstˌdɒk/
Etymology Clipping of postdoctoral.
1
Informal A postdoctoral academic research position.
2
Informal 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 Boson”, in The New York Times:
- 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:
1 more example
- 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 23, Marc D. Ruben, John B. Hogenesch, “Circadian Rhythms: Move over neurons—astrocytes mediate SCN clock function”, in Current Biology, volume 27, number 9: