Yunus Gencer (DMA) has been an active lecturer in areas such as ear training, piano, music appreciation, music theory, music history, counterpoint, harmony, composition and form analysis since 2007; teaching students from diverse backgrounds and age groups. He is an Associate Professor since August 2023.

His books, Dance Music in the Baroque Era I - II (2023), Interactive Accompanied Solfeggio I (2023), and A Saygunian Approach to the Study of Harmony (2021) were published by Kriter and Pan. His article, Ottoman Influences on European Music was published in Volume 10 and Volume 14 of the CMR Project of The University of Birmingham. He also presented his paper on the same topic at the Intercultural Music Conference 2 in 2018. Gencer's second scholarly article Understanding Opera’s Predecessor Madrigal Comedy and an Analysis of Adriano Banchieri’s Il Zabaione Musicale was published in the peer-reviewed journal MSFAU Journal of Social Sciences.

In 2022, he was commissioned by Gedik Sanat to compose a Clarinet Concerto and the piece was performed in Süreyya Opera House on May 10, 2023. Gencer also composed music for Unvoiced Diaries (2020) and Quarantine Circumstances (2021) projects of Gedik Sanat. He received the Smit Composition Award in 2015 and his compositions were performed in various stages in Istanbul, London, Essen, Boston, and Memphis.

In 2021, he published Disentangled; a non-music related book which contains his poems, essays and aphorisms.

Gencer started his music education in high school at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSFAU) State Conservatory (Istanbul). After graduating from high school with high honours, he was accepted to study as a double major student in composition and music theory at the same university. He finished the four year program, of the two majors, in three years and graduated summa cum laude in 2010. After his graduation, he became a lecturer in MSFAU and at the same time continued studying as a post-graduate composition student at the same university. In 2011, he studied in Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) as an ERASMUS exchange student. Following the acceptance of his Full Assistantship application to the University of Memphis (TN, USA), he continued his education in the United States. He earned his Master’s degree in December 2013, and his DMA in 2016. Between 2016 and 2020, he worked as an adjunct professor at Mimar Sinan FAU, Marmara University, Okan University, and TEVITOL. Gencer holds an Assistant Professor position at MSFAU since 2020. He became an Associate Professor in 2023.

Throughout his education, he received guidance from esteemed composers and scholars such as Volkan Barut, Adam Gorb, Ozkan Manav, Gary Carpenter, Hasan Ucarsu, Kamran Ince, and John Baur.