postdoctoral
adjective
post·doc·tor·al
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rəl 
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
variants
or less commonly postdoctorate
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
: being beyond the doctoral level:
a
: of or relating to advanced academic or professional work beyond a doctor's degree
a postdoctoral fellowship
b
: engaged in such work
postdoctoral scholars
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Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, was taken into custody at his Virginia home before being transferred to Louisiana.
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Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Before his arrest, Khan Suri was a postdoctoral fellow in Georgetown’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding with a contract through December 2026.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Additionally, Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri and University of Alabama doctoral student Alireza Doroudi were arrested by immigration authorities in recent weeks.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
For Anjali Singh, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas, Austin who wasn’t involved in the study, this moving away from creative tasks, and offloading them on to Gen AI instead, is one of the major concerns emanating from this paper.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Before his arrest, Khan Suri was a postdoctoral fellow in Georgetown’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding with a contract through December 2026.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Additionally, Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri and University of Alabama doctoral student Alireza Doroudi were arrested by immigration authorities in recent weeks.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
For Anjali Singh, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas, Austin who wasn’t involved in the study, this moving away from creative tasks, and offloading them on to Gen AI instead, is one of the major concerns emanating from this paper.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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