Paul Stamets received an Invention Ambassador (2014-2015) award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The character Lieutenant Commande

Paul Stamets received an Invention Ambassador (2014-2015) award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The character Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery was named after the real Stamets. The fictional version is an astromycologist and the chief engineer of the USS Discovery, and is credited with discovering a mycelial network that powers an advanced spore drive. Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets