Lochte ni a bi ni Hanover. O gba PhD rẹ ni Biology Marine ni University College of North Wales ni 1984. Lẹhin PhD rẹ, o ṣiṣẹ lori microbiology okun jinlẹ ni Institut für Meereskunde, University of Kiel. Ni iṣaaju ninu iṣẹ rẹ, Lochte jẹ ọjọgbọn ti Biological Oceanography ni Ile-ẹkọ Leibniz fun Awọn Imọ-jinlẹ Okun ni Christian-Albrechts University ni Kiel nibiti o ti ṣe itọsọna fun ẹka iwadi ti o dojukọ awọn iyipo kemikali ni okun. O kọ ẹkọ ẹkọ ẹkọ okun ni Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Rostock ati Kiel lati 1995 si 2000 ati lẹhinna ni Ile-ẹkọ Leibniz fun Iwadi Okun Baltic ni Warnemünde titi di ọdun 2007. She tun jẹ alakoso iṣẹ fun Atlantic Data Exchange Base for Processes at the Deep Sea Floor (ADDEP), iṣẹ akanṣe ti European Union ṣe inawo lati ọdun 2000.
ọdún 1995 sí 2000