He is the Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

Moin pioneered the use of direct numerical simulation and large eddy simulation techniques for the study of turbulence physics, control and modelling concepts and has written widely on the structure of turbulent shear flows.

His current interests include: interaction of turbulent flows and shock waves, aerodynamic noise and hydroacoustics, turbulence control, large eddy simulation and parallel computing.

Moin is the founding director of the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford and Ames.

[9] Moin is a Fellow of the American Physical Society[9] and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.