**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 

I, Bruce C. Galton, President and Chief Executive Officer ofSenesco Technologies, Inc., certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Senesco Technologies, Inc.

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respectsthe financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrantas of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant andhave:

 

a)        Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)       Designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

d)       Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on ourmost recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the

 

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audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 
| a)     |  All significant deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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| b)     |  Any fraud, whether or not material, that  involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the  registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                 |

 

 
| Date: February 17, 2009 | /s/ Bruce C. Galton                   |
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|                         | Bruce C. Galton                       |
|                         | President and Chief Executive Officer |
|                         | (principal executive officer)         |

 

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