Fun fact, he did end up switching to CS [1]:

> Ph.D. Computer Science, November 2004 > University of Wisconsin, Madison

> M.S. Computer Science, May 2001 University of Wisconsin, Madison

> B.S. Physics, June 1999 Stanford University

[1] https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/cv.html

EDIT:

Went on to work at IL&M for 5 years and has been at Google for 14 [2]. My guy did indeed end up rolling in cash haha

[2]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-kovar-185a3531/