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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Immigration agents detained Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who teaches at Georgetown and has a visa, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, his attorney has said.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Suri is a native of India and is in the country as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, conducting research, studying, and teaching at the college, BBC reported.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
At the time of his arrest on Monday, Suri was teaching a course and attending Georgetown as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, according to his bio on the school's website.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, part of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Suri is a native of India and is in the country as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, conducting research, studying, and teaching at the college, BBC reported.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
At the time of his arrest on Monday, Suri was teaching a course and attending Georgetown as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, according to his bio on the school's website.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, part of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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