She was an academic from 2000 to 2020, and the first woman appointed to full professor in engineering in 2014 at the University of Canterbury.

[2] After a PhD titled 'Experimental characterization and modeling for the growth rate of oxide coatings from liquid solutions of metalorganic precursors by ultrasonic pulsed injection in a cold wall low pressure reactor' at the University of Colorado, she moved to the University of Canterbury, rising to full professor.

Initially regarded as an undesirable outcome, it was later discovered that this new coating had anti-microbial properties under normal light.

[5] In the 2021 New Year Honours, Krumdieck was appointed an honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sustainability research and engineering.

[6] From 2018 onwards, Krumdieck has been a member of the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy (UNISCS) working group.