Lochte mụrụ na Hanover. Ọ natara PhD ya na Marine Biology na University College nke North Wales na 1984. Mgbe PhD ya gasịrị, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na microbiology miri emi na Institut für Meereskunde, Mahadum Kiel. Na mbido ọrụ ya, Lochte bụ prọfesọ nke Biological Oceanography na Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences na Christian-Albrechts University na Kiel ebe ọ duziri otu ngalaba nyocha nke lekwasịrị anya na usoro kemịkalụ dị n'oké osimiri. Ọ kụziri ihe ọmụmụ ihe omimi nke oke osimiri na Mahadum nke Rostock na Kiel site na 1995 ruo 2000 wee mechaa na Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research na Warnemünde ruo 2007. Ọ bụkwa onye nhazi ọrụ maka Atlantic Data Exchange Base for Processes at the Deep Sea Floor (ADDEP), ihe oru ngo nke European Union kwadoro site na 2000.
Afọ 1995 ruo 2000