After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in geology, geochemistry, and petrology from Charles University in Prague, she received her PhD and ScD through the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Ochir has served as vice president of the International Union of Geological Sciences and received the Jan Masaryk Medal in 2021.
[2] Ochir earned her PhD in petrology from the Irkutsk Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1978.
[3] Ochir has carried out field and basic research work through joint expeditions of the Russian and Mongolian Academies of Sciences.
[1] She is the author of over 350 scientific publications and was the lead editor of the book Mineral Resources of Mongolia.