Publications

Articles published in peer-reviewed journals:

• Verkercke, S., Leblanc, F., Chaufray, J. Y., Phillips, M. S., Munaretto, G., Caminiti, E., & Morrissey, L. (2025). Mercury's hollows: A potential signature of sulfur exosphere-subsurface transport. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(24), e2025GL118112. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118112

• Caminiti, E., Besse, S., Doressoundiram, A., & Wright, J. (2025). Spectral study of five major impact basins and their volcanic infills on Mercury: A window into the mantle's properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(12), e2025JE009359.

• Hirata, K., Usui, T., Caminiti, E., Wright, J., & Besse, S. (2025). Fractional crystallization scenario for magma evolution on Mercury inferred from geochemical variation around the Caloris basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(4), e2024JE008788.

• Caminiti, E., Lantz, C., Besse, S., Brunetto, R., Carli, C., Serrano, L., ... & Doressoundiram, A. (2024). Effects of ion irradiation on Mercury terrestrial analogues in the visible to mid-infrared. Icarus, 420, 116191. 

• Caminiti, E., Doressoundiram, A., Besse, S., & Wright, J. (2023). A spectral study of the Caloris basin on Mercury and the origin of associated volcanic smooth plains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(5), e2022JE007685. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007685

Conference presentations as first author:

Oral presentations:

• Caminiti, E., Beck, P., Bonal, L., Schmitt, B., & Usui, T. (2025). Low-temperature reflectance spectra of meteorites: implications for space missions (No. EPSC-DPS2025-809). Copernicus Meetings. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-809

• Caminiti, E., Lantz, C., Besse, S., Brunetto, R., Carli, C., Serrano, L., Mari, N., Vincendon, M., & Doressoundiram, A. (2024). Effects of ion irradiation on Mercury terrestrial analogues in the visible to mid-infrared. PLANETOEXOBIO, Nantes, France.

• Caminiti, E., Lantz, C., Besse, S., Brunetto, R., Carli, C., Serrano, L., Mari, N., Vincendon, M., & Doressoundiram, A. (2024). Effects of ion irradiation on Mercury terrestrial analogues in the visible to mid-infrared. Mercury Conference 2024, Kyoto, Japan.

• Caminiti, E., Doressoundiram, A., Besse, S., Wright, J., Lantz, C., Brunetto, R., ... & Serrano, L. M. (2023). Evolution of Volcanism on Mercury Using Spectroscopy. In 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 2806, p. 2108).

• Caminiti, E., Doressoundiram, A., & Besse, S. (2022). Impact basins and their associated smooth plains on Mercury using MESSENGER/MASCS observations. In EPSC 2022 (No. EPSC2022-319). Copernicus Meetings. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-319

• Caminiti, E., Besse, S., & Doressoundiram, A. (2022). Evolution of Mercury’s crust: A common process for the formation of smooth plains associated with impact basins. Mercury Conference 2022, Orléans, France.

Posters:

• Caminiti, E., Besse, S., Doressoundiram, A., & Wright, J. (2024). Do we need a heterogeneous mantle to explain the spectral properties of Mercury's volcanic basin infills? PLANETOEXOBIO, Nantes, France.

• Caminiti, E., Besse, S., Doressoundiram, A., & Wright, J. (2024). Do we need a heterogeneous mantle to explain the spectral properties of Mercury's volcanic basin infills? Mercury conference 2024, Kyoto, Japan.

• Caminiti, E., Lantz, C., Besse, S., Brunetto, R., Carli, C., Serrano, L., Mari, N., Vincendon, M., & Doressoundiram, A. (2024). Effects of ion irradiation on Mercury terrestrial analogues in the visible to mid-infrared. In EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria

Conference presentations as co-author:

Oral presentations:

• Verkercke, S., Leblanc, F., Chaufray, J. Y., Phillips, M., Munaretto, G., Caminiti, E., & Morrissey, L. (2025). Mercury’s hollows: A potential signature of the sulfur exosphere–subsurface transport. EPSC–DPS Joint Meeting (No. EPSC-DPS2025-102). Copernicus Meetings. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-102

• Wargnier, A., Gautier, T., Poggiali, G., Poch, O., Moingeon, A., Quirico, E., Beck, P., Caminiti, E., & Doressoundiram, A. (2024). Effects of porosity and space-weathering on the spectroscopic and photometric properties of Phobos simulants. In EPSC 2024, Berlin, Germany (No. EPSC2024-917). Copernicus Meetings. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-917

• Hirata, K., Usui, T., Caminiti, E., Wright, J., & Besse, S. (2024). Magmatic diversity inferred from geochemical end-members around the Caloris basin. Mercury Conference 2024, Kyoto, Japan.

• Besse, S., Caminiti, E., Doressoundiram, A., & Leon-Dasi, M. (2024). Mercury analogues and laboratory measurements to prepare BepiColombo. Mercury Conference 2024, Kyoto, Japan.

Posters:

• Wright, J., Caminiti, E., Rae, A., & Besse, S. (2024). Source of Mercury’s hollow-forming materials: Preliminary results from geological mapping, spectra, and impact simulations. Mercury Conference 2024, Kyoto, Japan.

• Wright, J., Caminiti, E., Rae, A. S. P., & Besse, S. (2023). Source of Mercury's hollow-forming materials: Preliminary insights from impact simulations and MASCS spectra. LPI Contributions, 2806, 2092.

• Besse, S., Munoz, C., Cornet, T., Doressoundiram, A., Barraud, O., Caminiti, E., Leon-Dasi, M., & Izenberg, N. (2022). Updating the Mercury mean spectra using 4.7 million MASCS spectra. In EPSC 2022 (No. EPSC2022-1026). Copernicus Meetings.

• Besse, S., Cornet, T., Munoz, C., Barraud, O., Izenberg, N., Doressoundiram, A., & Caminiti, E. (2022). Updating the Mercury mean spectra using 4.7 million MASCS spectra. Mercury Conference 2022, Orléans, France.

• Barraud, O., Varatharajan, I., Bott, N., Caminiti, E., Dewey, R., Karlsson, T., ... & Wright, J. (2022). The BepiColombo Surface and Environment Interactions Studies Group (SEIS). Mercury Conference 2022, 130–131, Orléans, France.

• Doressoundiram, A., Caminiti, E., Besse, S., & Barraud, O. (2022). A spectral study of the Caloris basin and its smooth plains' relationship. Mercury Conference 2022, 74, Orléans, France.