Dr. Winfried Lohr studied psychology in Heidelberg, where he also met Otto Heller. Like Heller, he received his doctorate from Wilhelm Witte in Tübingen in 1960. After working in industry for almost ten years as an industrial psychologist, he was predestined to train students in occupational, industrial and organizational psychology. Wilhelm Arnold hired him in 1977 and he taught the subject until 1991.
In addition to applied psychology, Lohr had a special focus on the study of phenomenal causality. Due to his excellent knowledge of French, he succeeded in editing several volumes of Albert Michotte's works on phenomenal causality together with Otto Heller.