Daniel C. Carlson

Daniel C. Carlson is one of the two original founders of the Memory Alpha encyclopedia, along with Harry Doddema.

In 2015, the two were approached by Simon Pegg and Paramount Pictures for some assistance with portions of. In the end, they named the mineral gave  in an amulet: vokaya. For their input both men received acknowledgement in the end credit roll of the movie.

Carlson has written an detailed account of their involvement with the movie, published on the website.