Fenqi Wang
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic
I am an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Research Fellow in Neurology AI at Mayo Clinic, where I work with Drs. Hugo Botha and Rene Utianski to apply deep learning to the speech and language of patients with motor speech disorders. I hold a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Florida, where I was mentored by Dr. Ratree Wayland.
My research spans motor speech disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and speech biomarkers. Beyond clinical applications, I also study the expression and perception of vocal emotions across languages and model phonetic variation in regional varieties of languages using machine and deep learning approaches.
My work has appeared in leading journals and conferences in neurology, speech-language pathology, and speech science.
News
| 05/18/2026 | A paper on modeling depression in Mandarin speech will be published in JSLHR. |
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| 05/07/2026 | A paper on /l/ and /n/ variation in Mandarin will be published in Language and Speech. |
| 03/09/2026 | A paper on the deep-learning speech features of PPAOS published in CLP. |
| 10/31/2025 | A paper on cross-linguistic emotion production will be published in Phonetica. |
| 10/07/2025 | New Investigators Research Grant was awarded by ASHFoundation. |
Selected Publications
- LanSpAn investigation of the phonetic variation of the word-initial /l/ and /n/ across regional varieties of MandarinLanguage and Speech, 2026
- CLPDeep learning-derived measures of sound-level accuracy in primary progressive apraxia of speech: A feasibility pipeline with descriptive evidence from two casesClinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2026
- PhonModeling the acoustic profiles of vocal emotions in American English and Mandarin ChinesePhonetica, 2025