Yes, my name is another anekdote. (I had a summer school in Krete, Greece; there were people from the Max Planck institute. And yes, I probably made an impression as the organisers used the spelling of my last name to write down the emailadresses of those from the PlanCk institute;-0. But no, no known relation with Dr. Planck, would have been honored (did do my PhD in quantum optics, so in a related field I guess).

Was hoping it was something close to that. DAMN quantum optics. That dissertation must have been a pile of work.