Neele Larondelle studied Regional Science at the University of Potsdam and Natural Resources Management at TU Dresden. After various stays abroad, she completed her PhD at the Chair of Landscape Ecology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In cooperation with the New School in New York City, she investigated socio-ecological relationships in cities and developed evaluation and modelling methods for ecosystem services. Until 2016 she worked at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, where she analysed conflict potentials and communication strategies in the recreational use of urban forests.
Since 2016 she has been working for the Nationale Naturlandschaften e.V., where she is the head of the department of protected area management and nature conservation and has been deputy director since January 2020.
Since the founding of Digitize the Planet she has been involved as 2nd chairwoman and gives the Nationale Naturlandschaften e. V. a voice.