Karin Lochte

Karin Lochte (born 20 September 1952) is a German oceanographer, researcher, and climate change specialist.

Lochte was appointed as the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute in 2007 and hold that position to 2017. Her research focussed on the interactions between ocean nutrient cycles and climate.

Affiliations Lochte is a member of several national and international boards, scientific committees and research funding organizations. She was a member of the German Scientific Council, which advises the German Federal and state Governments and the on development of universities, science and research and is chair of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony. She is also a delegate of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and chairperson of the Board of Governors of Jacobs University. She is on the advisory board of the Arctic Circle.

Honours

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st class, 2017, accepted by Lochte (see Hanseatic rejection)