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Noun
Later, working in a forensic genetics lab as a postdoc, Larmuseau wondered how often similar behavior in people might complicate efforts to solve crimes or identify cadavers from their DNA.—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 6 Mar. 2025 With these tools, postdocs in China and Massachusetts might analyze and collaborate on the same high-resolution data.—IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2017
Adjective
Nieder, who is now a postdoc investigator in biology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, said more research is needed to confirm whether rig sharks make sounds under natural conditions without human interference.—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 With reporting by Jon Cohen. Clarification, 24 February, 3 p.m.: This article has been clarified to indicate that the NIH postdoc program has been suspended, not closed.—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postdoc
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