User:NatTilander

Nat was educated at Princeton University and Indiana University, where he received a bachelors degree in mathematics and a masters degree in geophysics, respectively. Hired directly out of college by Chevron Corporation, he worked around the world as an exploration geophysicist for thirty-one years and retired in 2009.

Nat has presented numerous papers at international and intercompany conferences, and published articles in The Leading Edge and Rocks & Minerals Magazine. He is an accomplished pianist, has performed with several R&B bands, and has written a book of poetry. In 2000, he produced a CD of original piano compositions entitled Hidden Trails and Other Compositions. Nat has been an avid reader of science fiction for over forty years, and is currently working on a book entitled The Multidimensional Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Twentieth Century.