Dr. Brooke Weigel
@brookeweigel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Oceans at Stanford, Hopkins Marine Station 🌊 (she/her)
Algae, microbes, kelp conservation
https://weigel-lab.stanford.edu/
Algae, microbes, kelp conservation
https://weigel-lab.stanford.edu/
Oh how I missed this snowy landscape! Wisconsin 💙❄️
February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Oh how I missed this snowy landscape! Wisconsin 💙❄️
Absolutely gorgeous day tidepooling with students in my Marine Algae class yesterday! So much algal diversity, and a bonus Hopkins rose nudibranch! 🌊
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Absolutely gorgeous day tidepooling with students in my Marine Algae class yesterday! So much algal diversity, and a bonus Hopkins rose nudibranch! 🌊
Sunday hike reset, ready for another week! ⛰️ 🐕
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Sunday hike reset, ready for another week! ⛰️ 🐕
Finding beauty (& green algae for my phycology class) under the seawater outflow pipe!
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Finding beauty (& green algae for my phycology class) under the seawater outflow pipe!
This was a big year, starting my new research lab! So proud of all of my students. Happy Holidays from the Weigel Lab, and the kelp! 🎅🏻❄️🎄🌊
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This was a big year, starting my new research lab! So proud of all of my students. Happy Holidays from the Weigel Lab, and the kelp! 🎅🏻❄️🎄🌊
Lovely sunset low tide this evening! 🌅 🌊
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Lovely sunset low tide this evening! 🌅 🌊
Had a wonderful seminar visit to UBC in Vancouver! Thanks to @drseaweed.bsky.social for being an excellent host! Nice to be back in the Pacific Northwest 🏔️🌊
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Had a wonderful seminar visit to UBC in Vancouver! Thanks to @drseaweed.bsky.social for being an excellent host! Nice to be back in the Pacific Northwest 🏔️🌊
Sunset tidepooling always makes me feel happy 😍
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Sunset tidepooling always makes me feel happy 😍
Also ran into these curious sea lions underwater!
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Also ran into these curious sea lions underwater!
Another excellent dive in the kelp forest today! 🤿 🌊 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Another excellent dive in the kelp forest today! 🤿 🌊 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social
Northern lights alert! Photo from my family near Madison, WI ✨ If you live in a northern state, look outside!
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Northern lights alert! Photo from my family near Madison, WI ✨ If you live in a northern state, look outside!
So proud of my undergrad student, Zulie, for presenting her giant kelp thermal tolerance research at the WSN conference in San Diego! 🌊🌡️ @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So proud of my undergrad student, Zulie, for presenting her giant kelp thermal tolerance research at the WSN conference in San Diego! 🌊🌡️ @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social
Cuteness break, sponsored by Maple 🐕
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Cuteness break, sponsored by Maple 🐕
Super excited to be at UC Santa Barbara today to present the Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology seminar! 🌊
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Super excited to be at UC Santa Barbara today to present the Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology seminar! 🌊
Please take a moment away from doomscrolling for this cute post-bath baby 🐕
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Please take a moment away from doomscrolling for this cute post-bath baby 🐕
Fascinating dive in a kelp forest to urchin barren transition zone yesterday in Monterey! 🌊🤿
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Fascinating dive in a kelp forest to urchin barren transition zone yesterday in Monterey! 🌊🤿
Gorgeous hike in Pinnacles National Park yesterday! A hidden gem of a park in central CA ☀️
September 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gorgeous hike in Pinnacles National Park yesterday! A hidden gem of a park in central CA ☀️
Oh, Monterey. Love seeing and hearing (but not smelling!) these sea lions on my bike ride to work 🚲
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Oh, Monterey. Love seeing and hearing (but not smelling!) these sea lions on my bike ride to work 🚲
So proud of my students, Zulie & Camille, for presenting their #kelp marine heatwave research at the undergraduate research symposium @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social last week! 🌊 Such a fun first summer!
August 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So proud of my students, Zulie & Camille, for presenting their #kelp marine heatwave research at the undergraduate research symposium @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social last week! 🌊 Such a fun first summer!
My 6 yr old niece drew me scuba diving in the kelp forest! 🤿 Then she said “Should I draw trash, too? I learned that there’s trash in the ocean.” 😭
August 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My 6 yr old niece drew me scuba diving in the kelp forest! 🤿 Then she said “Should I draw trash, too? I learned that there’s trash in the ocean.” 😭
Fun seaweed cyanotype day with the lab! 🌊 ☀️
August 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Fun seaweed cyanotype day with the lab! 🌊 ☀️
Another @stanforddoerr.bsky.social Stanford search for a Tenured Professor in Climate Science! Applications due Oct. 30 🌊 🌎 🌡️
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
August 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Another @stanforddoerr.bsky.social Stanford search for a Tenured Professor in Climate Science! Applications due Oct. 30 🌊 🌎 🌡️
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
1) Sea lion party, 2) my little sea lion
August 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
1) Sea lion party, 2) my little sea lion
Absolutely gorgeous green algae from Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷 Possibly Boergesenia forbesii / Valonia forbesii. I believe that the bubbles are single, inflated cells - amazing!
August 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely gorgeous green algae from Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷 Possibly Boergesenia forbesii / Valonia forbesii. I believe that the bubbles are single, inflated cells - amazing!
Post-conference beach vacay: Sargassum seas! 🌊 @raemariew.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Post-conference beach vacay: Sargassum seas! 🌊 @raemariew.bsky.social