# Undergraduate Programs ## expand\_more Our faculty share a commitment to undergraduate education. This commitment is shown by the diverse offering of undergraduate concentrations and courses as well as the opportunity for hands-on research in labs. In addition to these formal experiences, CCB Faculty are dedicated to nurturing students during their scientific journeys. CCB is the home for the undergraduate concentration of **Chemistry.** In addition to **Chemistry**, CCB Faculty also teach and support student research in the undergraduate concentrations of **Chemistry & Physics**, and **Chemical & Physical Biology**. We invite you to explore the links below to learn more about CCB's undergraduate programs. [### Undergraduate Advisers ](/undergraduate-programs/advisers) ![Two CCB faculty members stand with a student between them, holding an award](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chemistry/files/img_4741jpg.jpg?h=71f1fc58&itok=DP5TBXD5) [### First-Year and Sophomore Exploration ](/undergraduate-programs/exploration) ![CCB undergraduates and faculty gather in front of a boat terminal](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Cruise.jpeg?h=4fd2487e&itok=9-8Yje7S) [### Chemistry Concentration ](/undergraduate-programs/concentration) ![Two undergraduates stand in front of a research poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chemistry/files/img_5891jpg.jpg?itok=j3fV9fuj) [### Chemistry Secondary Field ](/undergraduate-programs/secondary) ![Chemistry students engaging in discussion in Pfizer lecture hall](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chemistry/files/img_8113.jpeg?itok=dRqrSYq8) [### Chemistry Concurrent Master's ](/undergraduate-programs/concurrent-masters) ![Undergraduate summer research kickoff](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/IMG_2849JPG.jpg?h=71478ac3&itok=gQF7UqFQ) [### Undergraduate Teaching ](/undergraduate-programs/teaching) ![A lab Teaching Fellow works with 3 lab students at a bunch](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Lab%20TF.jpg?h=8e0d80e7&itok=DLCtQAMP) [### Undergraduate Newsletters ](/undergraduate-programs/newsletters) ![Students and faculty gather for pizza](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chemistry/files/img_4457.jpeg?itok=debcr28q) ### News About CCB Undergrads [### Sunny Shi honored with RSC Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence ](/news/2026/06/sunny-shi-honored-rsc-certificate-undergraduate-excellence) June 10, 2026 The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) celebrated undergraduate researcher Sunny Shi on June 8, 2026, during the department's Summer Undergraduate Research Community Opening Social, where she was presented with the Royal Society of... ![Sunny Shi sitting in her Harvard graduation regalia.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Sunny%20Shi_5055.jpg?itok=wtJGkvKo) [### Profile: Environmental engineer inspired by community ](/news/2026/05/profile-environmental-engineer-inspired-community) May 29, 2026 Lizbeth Ibarra grew up next to an oil refinery, and every day she saw its impact on her community of Richmond in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her family and friends suffered from asthma and other respiratory illnesses. School days were sometimes cancelled... ![Ibarra](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/SEAS%20Keutch%20Ibarra.png?itok=N0Zj8FAF) [### Harvard undergraduates launch new ACS student chapter ](/news/2026/05/harvard-undergraduates-launch-new-acs-student-chapter) May 26, 2026 Harvard undergraduates have officially launched the Harvard Undergraduate Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS), which seeks to bridge the gap between undergraduate chemists and the broader scientific community. The chapter was launched... ![ACS Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/ACS%20logo%20big.jpg?itok=6vIIP_KA) [### News: Research Driven by the Heart ](/news/2025/10/news-research-driven-heart) October 15, 2025 If anyone would want to do cardiac research at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), it’s Shivani Srikanth. As a child, Srikanth had a heart condition that required a pacemaker to be surgically implanted, and the procedure was done at BCH. Now a fourth-year... ![Science Center](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Harvard-Science-Center-Josep-Lluis-Sert-Apr-2014.jpg?itok=E8n364m3) [### Nobel Laureate Steven Chu Warns of ‘Titanic’ Climate Challenge ](/news/2025/09/nobel-laureate-steven-chu-warns-titanic-climate-challenge) September 16, 2025 On Monday, Nobel laureate and former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu delivered a wide-ranging and urgent lecture, warning that the world is on track for catastrophic levels of warming, calling for a new era of scientific innovation and policy action to... ![Steven Chu delivers a lecture about the challenges of climate change.](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/IMG_1227JPG.jpg?itok=pnhP0gXu) [### CCB Student Profile: A Scientist and a Survivor ](/news/2025/09/ccb-student-profile-scientist-and-survivor) September 04, 2025 Patryk Kozlowski was finishing his fall exams as a junior at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) when he learned he had leukemia. A young athlete and a burgeoning scientist, Kozlowski was stunned. Only weeks later, though, he faced even... ![Patryk Banner](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/Patryk%20Banner.jpg?itok=9emGcM-l) [### Alumna Q&A: Is the secret to immortality in our DNA? ](/news/2025/07/alumna-qa-secret-immortality-our-dna) July 10, 2025 It’s your typical biotech love story: A couple of eager Harvard students stumble upon a brilliant scientific breakthrough in anti-aging, drop out of school to pursue their dream, experience a fast and furious rise to fame before … well, we won’t give the... ![Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/notesoninfinity.jpg?itok=KBzqN4xj) [### Profile: Finding their own beat in engineering ](/news/2025/06/profile-finding-their-own-beat-engineering) June 10, 2025 Sometimes it just takes one class, or even one project, to make everything else click into place. In the spring of their second year, Bella Pignataro took “ES50: Introduction to Electrical Engineering” at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering... ![Bella Pignataro](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/Aizenberg-Undergrad%20Profile.jpg?itok=c1gMR2GO) [### Profile: She left small town for Harvard but found herself looking back ](/news/2025/05/profile-she-left-small-town-harvard-found-herself-looking-back) May 30, 2025 When Lilian Smith left Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to attend Harvard, she was eager for new experiences and a fresh start in a bigger city. She didn’t expect to ever look back. But during her junior year, a religion course on nationalism prompted her to re... ![Lilian Smith. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Lilian%20Smith.jpg?itok=mnrCBgAo) [### CCB honors undergraduate research and celebrates Richard "Dick" Holm ](/news/2025/05/ccb-honors-undergraduate-research-and-celebrates-richard-dick-holm) May 09, 2025 Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology hosted its third annual undergraduate research symposium, showcasing its undergraduates’ state-of-the-art research projects and honoring the historic contributions of CCB professor and renowned... ![CCB URS](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/IMG_9442JPG.jpg?itok=pns9vKlX) arrow\_back arrow\_forward [ Browse more news arrow\_circle\_right ](/news)