Definition of "postdoc" [postdoc]

• Postdoctoral. (adjective)
• A postdoctoral program of study. (noun)
• A grant or award funding postdoctoral study or research. (noun)
• A postdoctoral scholar or researcher. (noun)

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• "In case you are wondering, postdoc is short for “post-doctoral researcher”, which means that you have a doctorate, but are still working under a more senior scientist or academic, usually a professor at a research institution."
• "The LMB was an amazing place to do science, and, as many people have remarked before me, a postdoc is the very best time to do science."
• "I know a lot of it is down to the fact that I'm an inexperienced junior faculty but I thought there would have been more due to the economic situation - particularly as Really Big U pays NIH rates and postdocs here are administratively treated as junior faculty which means awesome benefits ... both of which are rare in postdoc circles."