Environmental Leadership Program

Omar Attum is a doctoral student in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisville, where he is completing a doctoral thesis on how pastoral practices affect biodiversity in Egypt. Omar presently is working with local communities in Egypt to conserve the endangered Egyptian tortoise. He serves as board member for TortoiseCare Egypt, and is a member of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Omar also is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in a book and numerous magazines.