André Fenton

Fenton is co-host of the NOVA television programme Wonders. He was awarded the 2019 Caribbean American Heritage Award for Excellence in Science and Technology. In 2020 Fenton was announced by Cell Press as one of the Top 100 Black Scientists in America.

Fenton studies brain activity using a low-cost, wireless digital device called the microEEG, which allows long-term recording of neural function via electroencephalography. He founded the spin-out company Bio-Signal Group Corp, which manufacture the microEEG device. It was approved for use in clinical and research settings by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012.

Fenton was appointed Professor of Neural Science at New York University in 2010. Fenton is interested in how brains create, store and experience memories. His research makes use of molecular and electrophysiological experimental techniques in combination with theoretical analysis. Working with Todd Sacktor, Fenton identified PKMzeta (protein kinase C zeta type) as an essential component of long-term memory. To achieve this, Fenton and Sacktor made use of his rotating arena and the ζ (Z) inhibitory peptide (ZIP) in specific parts of the brain, showing that ZIP-infusion into the hippocampus could erase long-term memory for a particular location. The discovery was selected by Science as one of the Breakthroughs of the Year.

André A. Fenton (born 1967) is a Canadian Guyanese neuroscientist who is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University. He studies how brains store and experience memories. He has been co-host of the television show NOVA Wonders.