Paul Hickman

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

Paul Hickman was a former crew member on the USS Victory.

In 2362, while still serving on the Victory, Hickman, along with Leijten, La Forge, Mendez and Brevelle, was part of an away team investigating the disappearance of a science team on Tarchannen III.

While on the planet, the entire team was infected with an alien DNA that compelled them to return to the planet five years later.

Hickman later stole a shuttlecraft to return to the planet and was killed when his shuttle was destroyed in the atmosphere. (TNG: "Identity Crisis")