Kiran S. (Sridhara) Kedlaya (he/him/él/il)

Professor of Mathematics
Stefan E. Warschawski Chair in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, Room 7202
University of California San Diego (no comma!)
La Jolla, CA 92093-0112 (land acknowledgment, variant)
email: kedlaya[at]ucsd[dot]edu (public key) (disclaimer)
voicemail: (+1) 858-534-2629 (no live phone)
headshot: jpg (Laurie DeWitt, 2019)
me on: arXiv, GitHub, NSF-PAR, ORCID, UC open access

Some of the more useful parts of this site are linked from the navigation bar at left. Also available:

• Notes for potential students
• Questions of interest
• Recommendation letters
• The Nonarchimedean Scottish Book
• Math 197 (internship) guidelines

Note: I do not monitor or control any social media accounts (including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/𝕏, TikTok). I highly recommend this life choice!

News (see also past news)

ICERM will be hosting a semester program on K3 surfaces during fall 2026. Contact me for further information. (15 Sep 24)

I've just made web-public the stream on conference announcements from the UC San Diego number theory group Zulip server. (31 Jan 24)

Fast facts (see also my CV)

Teaching for 2024-2025:

• fall 2024: Math 205 (Topics in Number Theory; topic: condensed mathematics).
• winter 2025: Math 204B (Number Theory).
• spring 2025: Math 157 (Intro to Mathematical Software).

See also my past courses.

Research areas: number theory, arithmetic algebraic geometry. Specialties: p-adic Hodge theory, p-adic/nonarchimedean analytic geometry, p-adic differential equations, algorithms in arithmetic geometry (particularly related to L-functions), interactions between arithmetic geometry and computer science (cryptography, coding theory, etc.). For more, see my questions of interest.

Editorial boards: Nagoya Mathematical Journal, L-Functions and Modular Forms Database.

Governance:

• Art of Problem Solving Initiative, member of board of directors (this includes governance of Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics).
• Pro Mathematica Arte, chair of board of directors (this includes governance of Budapest Semesters in Mathematics and Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education).
• American Mathematical Society, on AMS Council, Executive Committee of the AMS Council, and various subcommittees/task forces. I previously also served on the Committee on Publications.

Current grants: NSF grant DMS-2401536 (sole PI); NSF grant DMS-2053473 (sole PI); NSF RTG grant DMS-1502651 (co-PI); UC San Diego, Stefan E. Warschawski Chair; Simons Fellowship in Mathematics. I am also an advisory board member for the UTMOST Project (interactive open-source mathematics textbooks), the Southwest Center for Arithmetic Geometry (including the Arizona Winter School), and the PRiME REU; and an associated scientist of the Simons Collaboration on Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory and Computation.

Professional societies: American Mathematical Society (life member), Mathematical Association of America (life member), Association for Women in Mathematics, National Association of Mathematicians.

Software projects: I am an active user and developer of the SageMath open-source computer algebra system. I am a contributor to the LMFDB. Some of my other projects, including Math 157, can be found on GitHub.

Other websites: I am a curator for MathMeetings, from which my conference list in arithmetic geometry is now derived. I maintain the Putnam Archive within this website; however, Daniel Kane serves as the UC San Diego Putnam coordinator and teaches the Putnam seminar (Math 96).

Social justice: My work with the BEAM program seeks to create pathways to STEM careers for high-potential K-12 students from underserved backgrounds. I am a proud alum of the PCMI-IAS Workshop on Rehumanizing Mathematics led by the phenomenal Rochelle Gutiérrez. I am a mentor for CalBridge and Math Alliance. I identify as first-gen.

Tips for reaching me by email

In case you send me an email and get no response, the following tips may help you diagnose the issue.

• I typically process my email as a last-in-first-out (LIFO) queue, with a postponement for messages that cannot be answered quickly. A single message containing multiple issues may take significantly longer to elicit a response than multiple messages containing single issues.
• At the moment, I do not have time to review grant proposals or to write full referee reports for articles. In limited cases I may be able to provide quick evaluations for papers that are sufficiently close to my expertise; I am currently prioritizing requests for "doubly anonymous" opinions, i.e., those for which the names of the authors have been suppressed.
• My direct supervision of students is typically limited to students at UC San Diego, and takes the following forms. (Exceptions include participants in programs affiliated with UCSD, the UC system, or the Math Alliance. I will also serve on non-UCSD dissertation committees.)
  • For undergraduates: faculty coordinator for an off-campus internship (Math 197), reading course/honors thesis (Math 199/199H).
  • For graduate students: reading course/PhD thesis (Math 299), dissertation committee (including as an external member). In rare cases I may also serve as faculty coordinator for an off-campus internship (Math 297).
• Regarding recommendation letters, see my separate page.
• UCSD runs a hyperagressive spam filter which I am not able to completely circumvent, leading to silent loss of some messages or attachments. It might help to change the sending address. In case of emergency, try voicemail (or my non-UCSD email address or cell phone number if you have one of those). See also the disclaimer below.

Fine print

Opinions expressed on this site are mine alone and may not reflect the views of past or present employers, funding agencies, collaborators, professional organizations, or governments. Conversely, off-site material not attributed to me may not reflect my views.

This site is independently hosted (currently by Arvixe) and funded; I have not been compensated for any content.

This site does not collect or store any identifiable user data. It is thus compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Although I have limited resources or expertise to address this, I am committed to removing any barriers to accessibility of this website. Please let me know if this affects you and I'll do what I can. (See also the PreTeXt project.)

Email to/from the address listed above is subject to the California Public Records Act. If you wish to discuss something not pertinent to my employer, ask me to shift the conversation to a different address (but note that UC-related material remains subject to CPRA).

Excerpt from KAHNOP • TO TELL A STORY, UC San Diego campus, 2022. See also these excerpts, this excerpt, and this excerpt.