Dr. Maurice Rekrut is a Senior Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), where he has been working since 2013 in the Cognitive Assistants research department. He received his MSc in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Neural Engineering in 2013 and completed his PhD in Computer Science in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger.
His research centers on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) and their application in real-world environments. He has led several national and international projects in this field, including EXPECT, BISON, and the French-German collaboration NEARBY. Since 2020, he's the head of the Cognitive Assistants BCI Lab at DFKI, which develops BCIs beyond controlled laboratory conditions. The lab explores applications across diverse domains such as aviation, automotive, health and well-being, and industrial contexts.
Dr. Rekrut’s work focuses on making BCIs more robust, user-centered, and adaptable, with particular emphasis on neural human-machine interaction, neuroadaptive systems, and neurodiagnostics. The Cognitive Assistants BCI Lab contributes to advancing BCIs from experimental setups toward practical solutions that connect neuroscience, machine learning, and human-computer interaction.
A detailed list of research projects that I have been working on can be found here.
Senior Researcher
Department for Cognitive Assistants
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Head of Cognitive Assistants BCI-Lab
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Researcher & PhD student
Department for Cognitive Assistants
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Software Engineer
Department for Intelligent User Interfaces
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
PhD Student at Saarland University
Computer Science
Doctor of Engineering
Thesis topic:
Leveraging EEG-based Speech Imagery Brain-Computer Interfaces
Software Campus program
Graduate of development program for future IT executives
University of Applied Sciences Saarbrücken (HTW)
Neural Engineering
Master of Science
University of Applied Sciences Saarbrücken (HTW)
Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Science