# Dr. Gary W. Beall

> Dr. Gary W. Beall is the founder and chief technology officer of Nabaco, the San Marcos materials science company behind NatuWrap. A Baylor-trained physical chemist with government and industrial research experience, he joined Texas State University in 2001, helped develop its Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization doctoral program, and was named a Regents’ Professor in 2017. Nabaco credits him with 48 U.S. patents across his materials science career.

- **Role:** Founder & CTO at Nabaco Inc.
- **Organizations:** Nabaco Inc., Texas State University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- **Education:** B.S. in Chemistry, Tarleton State University, M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Baylor University, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Baylor University
- **Known for:** Named a 2017 Regents’ Professor by the Texas State University System., Helped develop Texas State’s Ph.D. program in Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization., Nabaco’s current biography credits him with 48 U.S. patents and more than 100 publications.

## Career timeline

- **1972** — Received a B.S. in chemistry from Tarleton State University.
- **1974** — Received an M.S. in physical chemistry from Baylor University.
- **1975** — Received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Baylor University.
- **—** — First worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, followed by 21 years in industry researching applications of modified clay nanoparticles.
- **2001** — Joined Texas State University; later served as Associate Dean for Research and Commercialization and helped develop its MSEC Ph.D. program.
- **2011** — Coauthored Fundamentals of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites with Clois E. Powell, published by Cambridge University Press.
- **2015** — Dates the research origins of the Nabaco idea to work on transparent food packaging.
- **2017** — Named Regents’ Professor by the Texas State University System.
- **2019** — Nabaco received the Best of Texas prize at the Rice Business Plan Competition; Beall says competition proceeds supported its May 2019 launch.
- **2022** — Identified as Nabaco’s CEO, founder, and chair of the board in a June company announcement.
- **2024** — November trade coverage described him as retired from Texas State; Jamie Strachan was CEO of Nabaco.
- **2025** — Nabaco announced an exclusive global commercial distribution agreement for NatuWrap with AgroFresh.

## Achievements

- Named a 2017 Regents’ Professor by the Texas State University System.
- Helped develop Texas State’s Ph.D. program in Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization.
- Nabaco’s current biography credits him with 48 U.S. patents and more than 100 publications.
- Led the Texas State materials research team behind NatuWrap.
- Nabaco received the Texas Business Hall of Fame Best of Texas prize at the 2019 Rice Business Plan Competition.
- Coauthored the 2011 Cambridge University Press book Fundamentals of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — European patent application EP4680031A1, Hydrophobic gas barrier coating, was published on January 21, 2026, naming Gary Beall as inventor and Nabaco as applicant; this is an application publication, not a patent grant.
- **2025-06** — AgroFresh and Nabaco announced an exclusive distribution agreement on June 18, 2025; AgroFresh became the global commercial partner for NatuWrap.

## Links

- Website: https://nabaco.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-beall-a8a22211

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