I would not recommend OCaml for a beginner, and while is probably a tad faster than Python, its userbase sizes differ wildly as in: Python is basically everywhere, while Caml/OCaml is an absolute small niche.
"Individual researchers"? Like those with fringe ideas that prevent them from joining those elite research institutes? Or like those who "prove" links between vaccination and autism, or "prove" that horse dewormer ist a genuine cure-it-all?
She is not recognizable without the cleavage.