postdoc

1. (informal) A postdoctoral academic research position.informal

2. (informal) Someone in such a position.Examples: ""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."; "Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement."; "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)."informal