KafkaAstronomer and first woman to lead AMS wants ‘to do something that improves people's lives right now'Stella Kafka initially hesitated when the head of another scientific society sent her an announcement last year about the search for a new top executive at the American Meteorological Society. As an astrophysicist, she wasn't sure if her love of studying the stars would translate to weather. Plus, she enjoyed leading the American Association of Variable Star Observers, an organization of amateur and professional astronomers.But then Kafka read the AMS mission, "to advance the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications and services for the benefit of… Read More