Nele graduated from Ghent University, Belgium in 2002. After working in small animal practice for two years, she started a small anima internship at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK, which was followed by a clinical fellowship in oncology, which culminated into a Masters degree in Clinical Oncology at the University of Birminham, UK. In 2009 she enrolled in a residency program in Small Animal Internal Medicine at Dick White Referrals in Newmarket, which resulted in the Small Animal Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. She worked since 2012 as an internal medicine and oncology consultant at Cave Veterinary Specialists, UK.