Aidan Holmes (she/her) is the Associate Education Director at the BTC Institute. She is responsible for scheduling and teaching laboratory content in the BTC Institute’s Biotechnology Field Trips program. Aidan provides lab support for BTC Institute scientific courses as well as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Master’s in Biotechnology “Molecular Technologies” courses. She co-instructs Camp Biotech I & II and the Dane County School Consortium (DCSC) / BTC Institute’s Youth Apprenticeship Program – Biotechnology companion course. She also helps to manage programming at the historic Bell Burnell Observatory.
Aidan received her B.S. in Genetics and a certificate in Education and Educational Services from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is an alumna of the Center for Educational Opportunity program. In university, Aidan served as a peer mentor for incoming STEM undergraduates, taught after-school science clubs, and led field trips at the biotechnology center. After graduating, Aidan joined the United States Peace Corps and served two years in Namibia, Africa as an upper primary school science teacher before joining the BTC Institute team. Aidan has a WI teaching license in biology and is a National Geographic Certified Educator.
Aidan is an alumna of the DCSC Youth Apprenticeship Program in Biotechnology and worked as a student researcher in a lab focused on protein production and purification for over three years.
Aidan has been a member of the Wisconsin Society for Science Teachers (WSST) and the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA).
