[2][3][4] Krüger studied veterinary medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).

After completing her studies in 1996, she accepted a position as scientific assistant at the Institute for Animal Anatomy and Histology at the LMU in Munich.

From April 1999 to February 2006, she ran the Einthal Equestrian Park in Obertraubling, together with her husband.

[5] On 1 March 2012, she became Germany's first Professor of Horse Management, taking charge of the department at the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science.

In March 2012, she organised the 2nd International Equine Science Meeting at the University of Regensburg, sponsored by the DFG.