Karthik Sellakumaran Latha

Hi! I'm a third-year math PhD student at UCLA. I'm interested in knot theory and Khovanov homology, and I'm working under Sucharit Sarkar!

You can reach me by email at karthiks@math.ucla.edu.

CV

Last updated September 2026.

Teaching at UCLA

In Fall 2026, I'm TAing Math 31AL: Differential and Integral Calculus Labaratory. Here are some resources that might be helpful:

  • Student Math Center (flexible office hours for all lower div courses in MS 3974)
  • Tutoring (list of math tutors maintained by the UCLA math department)
  • If you have other suggestions for resources, please let me know and I can add it to the list!

My office hour is 1 - 1:50pm on Tuesdays in MS 3921.

Please feel free to provide anonymous feedback here if you have questions/suggestions/concerns/feedback!

Other courses I've been a TA for:

  • Math 31A: Differential and Integral Calculus
  • Math 31B: Integration and Infinite Series
  • Math 33A: Linear Algebra and Applications
  • Math 61: Introduction to Discrete Structures

Teaching at UMD

I was a TA for Calculus I & II and Object-Oriented Programming I & II. I also tutored high-school and college students in algebra, calculus, computer science, and physics. My favorite teaching opportunity was teaching a student-run course on math and art, featured in this article!

Research

  • E. Rohr, K. Sellakumaran Latha, and A. Yin. A Type D Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process Generated by an Explicit Central element of Uq(so10). Houston Journal of Mathematics, 50(2), 237-257 (2024). par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10586064.
  • T. J. Edwards, T. M. Keller, R. M. Pesak, and K. Sellakumaran Latha. The Prime Graphs of Groups with Arithmetically Small Composition Factors. Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, 203, 945–973 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s10231-023-01388-x. arxiv.org/abs/2212.03389.

Contact

Email: karthiks@math.ucla.edu
Office: MS 3921
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1 - 1:50 pm
Pronouns: he/him