Bokor earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 and completed a doctorate in the same field at Stanford University in 1980.
He then worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories until joining the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley in 1993.
[4][5] Bokor is also affiliated with the Materials Science Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a senior scientist.
[6] Bokor was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1998, which recognized him "[f]or contributions to laser science, including short-wavelength lasers and non-linear optics, development of time-resolved, two-photon photoemission, and contributions to extreme ultraviolet lithography and sub-micron MOSFET device development.
"[7] The IEEE awarded him an equivalent honor in 2000, acknowledging Bokor "[f]or contributions to EUV optical lithography and deep-submicron MOSFETs.