Prof. Ezio Tabacco (19 -2018) worked at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan and was involved in geophysical prospecting applied to hydrogeological research and crustal studies in Europe and North Africa. He has made a great contribution to research in polar areas: he was the scientific coordinator of the Italian Research Group 'Antarctic Subglacial Lakes' of the National Antarctic Research Project and a member of the Scientific Committee of the BEDMAP Consortium (Antarctic Cartography) of the Antarctic Research Scientific Committee. He has participated in nine Antarctic and two Arctic campaigns to determine ice thickness and bedrock topography and to drill the Antarctic ice cap. He coordinated the Italian research group that made an important contribution to the discovery of many subglacial lakes. He actively participated in the European project EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica).
In his professional career, Ezio collaborated with many INGV colleagues. For all of us who knew him and with whom we had the honour of sharing many challenges and professional bets, he was a teacher as well as a friend and colleague. We remember him for his professionalism, for the enthusiasm that never wavered in so many years of activity, for the freshness of his ideas, as well as for his understanding and human character.
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