Actually, I just got an email from her yesterday, and apparently she's going back to astrophysics. I quote "So, I went back to the physics department. I'm now working on a master's in theoretical astrochemistry, modelling the formation of carbon sulfide in comets. I'm taking graduate level quantum mechanics and thermodynamics. I am LOVING IT. I hadn't realized just how right doing physics feels until I came back to it."

She scares me. A lot.